14 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

break, smash, crush, familiar, popular

Kun'yomi
  • to break (into pieces) ②to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.) ③to simplify
On'yomi
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

break, smash, crush
サイ サ くだ.く (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
cliff, bluff, precipice
ガイ サイ スイ (Kentei 1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE)
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References

Unicode hex code 6467
JIS X 0208 1-57-84
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1983
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2261
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 692
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 849
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12609
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c11.4
Four corner code 5201.4