Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: be rent, ripped, unravel, run, begin to open, smile

Kunyomi: ほころ.びる

Onyomi: タン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

経営破 ケイエイハタン business failure

経済破 ケイザイハタン economic collapse, financial failure, bankruptcy

Kunyomi Examples

びる ほころびる to come apart at the seams, to be ripped, to be torn, to begin to open, to begin to bloom, to smile broadly, to break into a smile