砕 smash, break, crush, familiar, popular 9 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1579 in newspapers Readings Onサイ Kunくだ.く、くだ.ける In Chinese 碎 Words written with it 火砕流 かさいりゅう pyroclastic flow 砕ける くだける to break (into pieces) N2 砕く くだく to break (into pieces) N2 粉砕 ふんさい pulverization 玉砕 ぎょくさい honorable death 破砕 はさい crushing (into pieces) 腰砕け こしくだけ collapsing in the middle of a bout 砕石 さいせき crushed stone