Kanji

摧

Meaning

break smash crush

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • くだく

On'yomi

  • ぎょく さい honorable death
  • は さい crushing (into pieces)
  • さい しん working so hard as to ruin one's body
  • さ

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/14

Component Analysis

摧
break, smash, crush...
くだ.く, サイ, サ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
崔
cliff, bluff, precipice
がけ, ガイ, サイ
山
mountain
やま, サン, セン
隹
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
とり, サイ, スイ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9

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