破

Derived characters

 * 㗞

Glyph origin
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Etymology
According to, cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. However, STEDT derives the above three terms from 🇨🇬 and does not compare to it.

Definitions

 * 1) to break; to tear
 * 2) to break; to break with; to smash
 * 3) to ruin; to destroy
 * 4) to rout; to drive out; to drive away; to banish
 * 5) to remove; to clear; to eliminate; to dispel
 * 6) to spend; to expend
 * 7) to cleave ; to cut open; to split open
 * 8) to expose; to lay bare; to show up
 * 9) to break a banknote into small change
 * 10) broken; worn out; damaged
 * 11)  low-quality; poor; lousy
 * 12)  to handle; to deal with; to do

Synonyms














Kanji

 * 1) break
 * 2) cut

Compounds

 * : exorcism
 * : breaking a commandment
 * : a jailbreak
 * : bankruptcy
 * : destruction
 * : exceptional
 * : discard
 * : catastrophe
 * : crushing
 * : a fresh start
 * : tetanus
 * : shipwreck
 * : damage
 * : bankruptcy
 * : break off
 * : unprecedented
 * : gable
 * : a dilapidated house, especially an abandoned one
 * : a tumbledown or squalid house
 * : a sixteen-year-old girl; the breaking of a hymen through sexual intercourse
 * : destruction
 * : excommunication
 * : cancellation or breaking of a contract
 * : explosion
 * : shameless, scandalous, disgraceful
 * : a battering ram