Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    reading through (a book); finishing (a book)

    その本を読破しようとしたが、不可能だとわかった。
    I tried to read through the book, which I found impossible.
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

read

Kun
よ.む-よ.み
On
ドクトクトウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
618 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

よみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7a7.9The Kanji Dictionary
0461.2Four corner code
3057deroo
8aadUnicode hex code
1-38-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4375Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5629New Nelson (John Haig)
1541New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1943Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
348Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
372Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
484A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2142Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
55Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35580PMorohashi
189A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
244Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123sakade
88Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
206henshall3
233Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
323crowley
180Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
1689Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
du2, dou4Pinyin reading
dog, duKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate

Kun
やぶ.るやぶ.れるわ.れる
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
590 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
1464.7Four corner code
3367deroo
7834Unicode hex code
1-39-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3186Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3999New Nelson (John Haig)
1150New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1478Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
784Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1064Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
806Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
869Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
634A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1113Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
645Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24124Morohashi
767A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
665Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
676Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692sakade
765Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
788henshall3
719Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
427crowley
1037Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1401Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
814Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
po4Pinyin reading
paKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level