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砕 = 卆 + 石

砕 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “smash”. It is built from 卆 (ninety) and 石 (stone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 121.

Keyword
smash
RTK frame
121
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くだ.く, くだ.ける
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
удар
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
砕 break

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卆 ninety
  2. 石 stone

How to find 砕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ninety” + “stone”. 砕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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