Menu toggle
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

綻

Readings

Kana: タン、ほころ.びる
Romaji: tan, hokoro.biru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

be rent, ripped, unravel, run, begin to open, smile

Stroke Diagram

1234567891011121314

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  120
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-6-8
Korean Reading:  tan
Chinese Reading:  zhan4
Unicode:  7dbb
JIS:  433E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3551
New Nelson Index: 4514
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a8.13
Four Corner Index: 2398.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27587
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1108
Remembering the kanji Index: 2670
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1263
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1439
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1745

Words

破綻 (はたん)
failure; bankruptcy
財政破綻 (ざいせいはたん)
economic collapse
綻びる (ほころびる)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to be torn; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
顔がほころぶ (かおがほころぶ)
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
綻ばす (ほころばす)
to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
経営破綻 (けいえいはたん)
business failure
綻び (ほころび)
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
破綻を来す (はたんをきたす)
to be ruined; to fail; to go bankrupt
経済破綻 (けいざいはたん)
economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy
綻ぶ (ほころぶ)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
Find More