Illustration: At a pottery repair workshop, a craftsperson holds one curved ceramic shard above a padded tray with careful gloved fingers. Several other irregular pieces lie below around the partly reconstructed body of a small bowl.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

破は片へん

hahen

fragment, shard

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょは割われた皿さらの破片はへんを集あつめた。

    She gathered the pieces of the broken dish.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 鏡かがみの破片はへんが床ゆかに散乱さんらんしていた。

    Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 床ゆかにガラスの破片はへんが落おちてたよ。

    There were bits of broken glass on the floor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 破片

  • 破rend; ripOnハKunやぶる・やぶれる・われる
  • 片one-sided; leafOnヘンKunかた-・かた

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