Readings

Kana: サイ、くだ.く、くだ.ける
Romaji: sai, kuda.ku, kuda.keru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

smash, break, crush, familiar, popular

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  112
Frequency:  1579
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-5-4
Korean Reading:  swae
Chinese Reading:  sui4
Unicode:  7815
JIS:  3A55

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1134
Nelson Index: 3179
New Nelson Index: 3990
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5a4.6
Four Corner Index: 1464.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1287
Gakken Index: 1695
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24080P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0348
Remembering the kanji Index: 116
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1568
Kodansha Compact Index: 1400
Kanji in Context Index: 1550
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 773
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1048
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 117
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 121
Essential Kanji Index: 1467
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1458
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3355
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1287

Words

粉砕 (ふんさい)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
砕ける (くだける)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed; to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight); to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable; to become easy to understand (e.g. a story); to be worried
玉砕 (ぎょくさい)
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
火砕流 (かさいりゅう)
pyroclastic flow (type of volcanic eruption); stone wind
砕石 (さいせき)
broken stone; rubble
砕く (くだく)
to break; to smash
破摧 (はさい)
crushing; smashing; cracking to pieces
砕氷 (さいひょう)
ice breaking
打ち砕く (うちくだく、ぶちくだく)
to smash; to crush
雑砕 (ちゃぷすい、チャプスイ)
chop suey
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