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Kanji Detail for 碎 - "to shatter"

碎

  • Meaning

    碎 means "to shatter." Also associated with to crush, trivial.

    1. Crush - To break into pieces.

    2. Shatter - To fragment; to pulverize.

    3. Trivial - Small and unimportant.

  • Origin of 碎

    The traditional form of 砕. 石, stone, beside 卒 — which 砕 writes as 卆 — supplying the sound, giving sai: stone broken up. 玉砕 — the shattered jewel — is the wartime euphemism for annihilation.

    How to remember it: Stone 石 taken to its end 卒 — smashed to pieces: to shatter.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 碎

    • Verified meaning: to shatter
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to crush, trivial

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    break; smash; broken; busted

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    break, smash; broken, busted

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to break, to smash; broken, busted

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Breaking into many pieces is called 碎. | Trivial. Such as saying 煩碎 (tedious), 瑣碎 (trivial).

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

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    kuda.keru(くだ-ける) くだ-ける

    kuda.ku(くだ-く) くだ-く

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    石 (ishi・ishihen)

  • Related Keywords

    crush shatter trivial annoying fragmented tedious broken cracked crumbled destroyed fractured pieces pulverize splintered

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