Kanji Detail for 砕 - "to crush, to smash"

砕

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

砕 means "to crush, to smash." Also associated with trivial.
1. Crush - To break into small pieces.
2. Smash - To shatter; to destroy.
3. Trivial - Minor; unimportant.
Words using 砕
- 火砕流かさいりゅう pyroclastic flow
- 砕けるくだける to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed
Four-character idioms with 砕
- 粉骨砕身ふんこつさいしん making one's best exertions
Tattoo check: 砕
- Verified meaning: to crush, to smash
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: 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

smash; break; crush; familiar; popular

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

break, smash; broken, busted

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 碎[sui4]
Onyomi

sai(サイ)
Kunyomi

kuda.keru(くだ-ける)

kuda.ku(くだ-く)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

石 (ishi・ishihen)
Related Keywords

to crush to smash trivial break into pieces crumble demolish destroy disintegrate fracture minor pulverize shatter splinter wreck

結果から見れば、彼はただ自己の成功を打ち砕く意味において、偉大なのに過ぎないのですけれども、それでも決して平凡ではありませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
旧記によると、仏像や仏具を打砕いて、その丹がついたり、金銀の箔がついたりした木を、路ばたにつみ重ねて、薪の料に売っていたと云う事である。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
結果から見れば、彼はただ自己の成功を打ち砕く意味において、偉大なのに過ぎないのですけれども、それでも決して平凡ではありませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha