noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), destruction.
  2. annulment, cancelation, abrogation, voiding, breaking (e.g. a treaty).
  3. reversal (of an original ruling on appeal), quashing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
破棄 はき
破毀 はき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rend, rip, tear
ハ やぶ.る わ.れる (5th, N3)
stone
いし セキ シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
abandon, throw away, discard
キ す.てる (8th, N1)
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
thirty
セイ セ ソウ (Kentei 1)
thirty
ソウ さんじゅう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)