ちぎる
ちぎる · chigiru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to cut up fine
🍓 千切る = 千 (thousand) + 切る (cut): cut something into a thousand tiny bits
The kanji 千切る literally means cut (切る) a thousand (千) times, which fits tearing bread or paper into fine pieces. It also covers pulling fruit off its stem by tearing it free.