Practice JLPT
砕
JLPT N1 Kanji

砕 — smash, break, crush, familiar, popular

  • JLPT N1
  • 9 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 石
  • #1579 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
サイ
Kun'yomi
くだ.くくだ.ける

Example words

  • 砕くくだくto break; to smash
  • 砕けるくだける(1) to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed (2) to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight) (3) to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable (4) to become easy to understand (e.g. a story) (5) to be worried