Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
破
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
破
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
破
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
破
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
破
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
破
Regular
Modern
Chinese
破 [pò]
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
Japanese
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
破 はざき
Hazaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
破坏 [pòhuài] #1,201
destruction
破坏 [pòhuài] #1,201
destruction
突破 [tūpò] #4,015
to break through
打破 [dǎpò] #2,968
to break
破产 [pòchǎn] #3,863
to go bankrupt
破产 [pòchǎn] #3,863
to go bankrupt
破裂 [pòliè] #6,472
to rupture
破案 [pò'àn] #5,937
to solve a case
破碎 [pòsuì] #7,516
to smash to pieces
破解 [pòjiě] #8,698
to break (a bond, constraint etc)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 馬鹿 [ばか] #1,510
idiot
⭐ 破壊 [はかい] #1,635
destruction
⭐ 破る [やぶる] #2,108
to tear
⭐ 割れる [われる] #2,308
to break
⭐ 割る [わる] #2,695
to divide
⭐ 突破 [とっぱ] #3,662
breaking through
⭐ 破れる [やぶれる] #4,437
to get torn
⭐ 破滅 [はめつ] #5,171
ruin
⭐ 破片 [はへん] #5,358
fragment
⭐ 破裂 [はれつ] #6,478
bursting
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