| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
- 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
- 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica
Kun reading compounds
- 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
- 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
- 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
- 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う
- Korean:
- gwa
Spanish
- melón
Portuguese
French
- melon
| 2973 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1888 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 305 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3789 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1895 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21371X | Morohashi |
| 3038 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3686 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1877 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2022 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2662 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 7223.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 74dc | Unicode hex code |