Memory phrase for the character: 破

破

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Meaning

tear, break, crack

Pronunciation

HA
yaburu/reru

Explanation

 Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口), right: skin 皮 (The animal's skin 厂 is peeled off with a knife 丨 by hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
A stone on the skin cause tears and breaks.

Radicals

石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
皮 leather, skin




 Vocabulary

喝破する かっぱする  to yell against s.o., proclaim
破る やぶる, やぶく  to tear, to violate, to defeat, to smash, to destroy
破れる やぶれる  to get torn, to wear out
破壊 はかい  destruction
破損 はそん  damage
爆破 ばくは  blast, explosion, blow up
破棄 はき  revocation, annulment, breaking (e.g. treaty)
破片 はへん  fragment, splinter, broken piece
破産 はさん  (personal) bankruptcy

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