破 rend

石 (rock) + 皮 (skin)
★★★☆☆
10 strokes
ILL PAIR

Onyomi

HA

Mnemonic

HAHA! I threw a rock which rent your skin!

Kunyomi

( が ) やぶ*れる shit gets torn up
☆☆☆☆☆
( を ) やぶ*る violate, destroy, tear up. Often used figuratively- she breaks the rules, he breaks with convention, they broke the promise or the rules.
★★★☆☆

Jukugo

破片(はへん)

fragment ★★☆☆☆
破 (rend) + 片 (fragment) = 破片 (fragment)

破壊(はかい)

Destruction. ★☆☆☆☆
破 (rend) + 壊 (break) = 破壊 ( Destruction.)

Destruction. Ususaly used about bombs, or 'President Bush destroyed the economy,'. . . pretty much the same circumstances you'd use the English word. (BOOBOO: you can't use する with this one, for some reason. It's one of those nouns you can't verb)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
被 get injured DUCKY
破 rend STONE 石

The DUCKY got injured,

When I rent him with a sharp STONE.

Synonyms

downfall
没落    滅亡    崩壊    破壊    絶滅   
fragment
破片    片   
smash
壊す    壊れる    砕く    破壊    滅ぼす    つぶす 撲滅    破る    割る    割く    裂く