Question

砕 くだ.く、くだ.ける 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 S 石: stone卆: soldier; private; die 石 5 碎 smash The Stones (the Rolling Stones) are 90 aged but they´ve done a new SMASH hit!

Accepted Answer

サイ smash, break, crush, familiar, popular 1 1579 9 112 いし・いしへん 形声 Phonetic To SMASH a STONE you need to hit it NINE or TEN times. 121

Kanji	砕
Onyomi	サイ
Kunyomi	くだ.く、くだ.ける
English	smash, break, crush, familiar, popular
Examples	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
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1579
Components	石: stone 卆: soldier; private; die
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	石
Radical Number	112
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	いし・いしへん
Traditional Form	碎
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	smash
Koohii Story 1	To SMASH a STONE you need to hit it NINE or TEN times.
Koohii Story 2	The Stones (the Rolling Stones) are 90 aged but they´ve done a new SMASH hit!
RTK Index (new)	121

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