挫

11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in Late High School

crush, break, sprain, discourage

Kun'yomi
  • くじく
    		to sprain ②to dampen (enthusiasm)
  • くじける
    		to be disheartened ②to be sprained ③to be snapped
On'yomi
  • ザ
  • サ

Main Radical

手(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ザサ 61.9%
くじくくじける 38.1%

Character Breakdown

crush, break, sprain
ザ　くじ.く (Late High School)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
sit
すわ.る　ザ　おわす (Kentei Pre-1)
two people
ショウ　ジュウ　ジュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

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References

Unicode hex code 632B
JIS X 0208 1-26-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1913
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2163
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 519
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 392
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2845
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1101
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12087
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2091
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c7.15
Four corner code 5801.4