砕

See also: 碎

Translingual

Glyph origin

Simplified from 碎 (卒 → 卆).

Han character

砕 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一口大弓十 (MRKNJ), composition ⿰石卆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 828, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24080
• Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2421, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7815

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 砕 – see 碎 (“shattered; fragmented; shredded; small pieces; bits; fragments; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 碎).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	砕
Kyūjitai	碎

Kanji

砕

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 碎)

1. to break, to smash

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku, 砕く, Jōyō); くだける (kudakeru, 砕ける, Jōyō); はたく (hataku, 砕く)

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Korean

Hanja

砕 • (swae) (hangeul 쇄, revised swae, McCune–Reischauer swae, Yale sway)

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