破 is the Japanese kanji for break, rend, rip, tear, destroy, defeat, frustrate. It is written with 10 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is やぶ.る、やぶ.れる、わ.れる and its on reading is ハ.
Stroke order
Words with 破
- 破るto tear, to rip, to break
- 破れるto get torn, to tear, to rip
- 破壊destruction, disruption
- 突破breaking through, breakthrough, penetration
- 破産bankruptcy, insolvency
- 破片fragment, broken piece, splinter
Practice 破 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.