This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: サイ、サ、くだ.く
Romaji: sai, sa, kuda.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

break, smash, crush, familiar, popular

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  choe
Chinese Reading:  cui1
Unicode:  6467
JIS:  5974

Indexes

Halpern Index: 692
Nelson Index: 1983
New Nelson Index: 2261
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c11.4
Four Corner Index: 5201.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12609
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0361
Kodansha Kanji Index: 849

Words

玉砕 (ぎょくさい)
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
砕ける (くだける)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed; to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight); to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable; to become easy to understand (e.g. a story); to be worried
砕く (くだく)
to break; to smash
破摧 (はさい)
crushing; smashing; cracking to pieces
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