692 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
788 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
767 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
634 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3186 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
645 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
765 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1113 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
665 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
676 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1037 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1478 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
784 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1064 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
814 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24124 | Morohashi |
1150 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3999 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
806 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
869 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
427 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
719 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
590 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 破 【ハ】 middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
- 破壊 【ハカイ】 destruction, disruption, (application) crash
- 大破 【タイハ】 serious damage, heavy damage, being wrecked, thrashing (an opponent), crushing, giving a drubbing
- 踏破 【トウハ】 travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot, walking (all the way) across, travelling through, hiking across, traversing, travelling all over (e.g. a country), visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 破る 【やぶる】 to tear, to rip, to break, to destroy, to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.), to breach, to defeat, to beat, to break (e.g. silence), to disturb (e.g. peace), to shatter (e.g. dream), to disrupt, to spoil, to violate (e.g. rule), to break (e.g. promise), to infringe, to break (a record)
- 破れる 【やぶれる】 to get torn, to tear, to rip, to break, to wear out, to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.), to break down, to collapse, to fall into ruin
- 割れる 【われる】 to break, to be smashed, to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn, to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party), to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed, to become distorted (of sound), to clip, to be divisible (without a remainder), to drop below a minimum
Readings
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- dañar
- romper
- rasgar
- derrotar
- completar
- especial
- desgarrar
- desgarrarse
- desgastarse
Portuguese
- arrancar
- rasgar
- lágrima
- quebrar
- destruir
- derrotar
- frustrar
French
- déchirer
- casser
- détruire
- défaire
- frustrer
3367 | 2001 Kanji |
5a5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-5 | SKIP code |
1464.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7834 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
- 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
- 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
- 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
- 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale
Kun reading compounds
- 城 【しろ】 castle
- 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
- ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
- 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- castillo
Portuguese
- Castelo
French
- château
914 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
903 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
638 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
886 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
433 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
796 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
720 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
733 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
942 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
374 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
417 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
368 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5086P | Morohashi |
352 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
362 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
387 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
884 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1459 | 2001 Kanji |
3b6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
4315.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
57ce | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 槌骨 【ツチコツ】 malleus (bone of the ear), hammer
- 破城槌 【ハジョウツイ】 battering ram
- 鉄槌 【テッツイ】 iron hammer, crushing blow
Kun reading compounds
- 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel
- 槌音 【つちおと】 hammering sound, hammering
- 鑿と言えば槌 【のみといえばつち】 one should do more than what is literally being asked for, when told (to bring) the chisel, (also bring) the mallet
Readings
- Korean:
- toe, chu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2308 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2102 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1331 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
15318X | Morohashi |
2709 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2477 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4a9.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-9 | SKIP code |
4793.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
69cc | Unicode hex code |