# 破 rend

石 (rock) + 皮 (skin)
★★★☆☆
10 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

HA |

## Mnemonic

| HAHA! I threw a rock which rent your skin!

## Kunyomi

( が ) やぶ＊れる | shit gets torn up ☆☆☆☆☆
( を ) やぶ＊る | violate, destroy, tear up. Often used figuratively- she breaks the rules, he breaks with convention, they broke the promise　or the rules. ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

破片(はへん) | fragment ★★☆☆☆ 破 (rend) + 片 (fragment) = 破片 (fragment)
破壊(はかい) | Destruction. ★☆☆☆☆ 破 (rend) + 壊 (break) = 破壊 ( Destruction.) Destruction. Ususaly used about bombs, or 'President Bush destroyed the economy,'. . . pretty much the same circumstances you'd use the English word. (BOOBOO: you can't use する with this one, for some reason. It's one of those nouns you can't verb)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
被 | get injured | DUCKY |
破 | rend | STONE | 石

The DUCKY got injured,

When I rent him with a sharp STONE.

## Synonyms

downfall 没落 滅亡 崩壊 破壊 絶滅
fragment 破片 片
smash 壊す 壊れる 砕く 破壊 滅ぼす つぶす 撲滅 破る 割る 割く 裂く