rend

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

Onyomi

HA

Mnemonic

HAHA! I threw a rock which rent your skin!

Kunyomi

( ) やぶ*れる shit gets torn up
☆☆☆☆☆
( ) 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 ★★☆☆☆
(rend) + (fragment) = 破片 (fragment)

破壊(はかい)

Destruction. ★☆☆☆☆
(rend) + (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
get injured DUCKY
rend STONE

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