# 砕 — smash; crush

砕 means “smash; crush”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: サイ (sai). Kun'yomi: くだ(く) (kudaku). You'll see it in words such as 砕く (kudaku, “to break; to smash”).

- Meaning: smash; crush
- On'yomi: サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi: くだ(く) (kudaku)
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Hands at work 5

## How to remember 砕

Parts: 石 stone · 九 nine · 十 ten; cross

## Words with 砕

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 砕く | くだく (kudaku) | to break; to smash |
| 砕ける | くだける (kudakeru) | to break; to be broken |

## Don't confuse it with

[砂](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sand/)

## More in the “Hands at work 5” set

[擦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/scrape/) · [添](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/append/) · [把](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/grasp/) · [呈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/submit/) · [砕](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/smash/) · [刈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mow/) · [縛](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bind/) · [挿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/insert/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/smash/. Last updated 2026-11-01.