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碎
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shattered

HSK 5
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suì
サイ
くだ.く、くだ.ける
쇄
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.
Components
石 stone+ 卒 foot soldier =
碎 shattered
石 Meaning component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
卒 Phonetic component
zú foot soldier
variant of 卒[zú]
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Notes
Similar Characters
叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various段 stage宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
碎
Regular
Modern
Chinese
碎 [suì]
to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (89)
碎片 [suì​piàn] #3,351
chip
破碎 [pò​suì] #7,516
to smash to pieces
心碎 [xīn​suì] #6,528
heartbroken
打碎 [dǎ​suì] #6,039
to shatter
粉碎 [fěn​suì] #8,174
to crush
撕碎 [sī​suì] #10,317
to tear to shreds
杂碎 [zá​suì] #9,911
offal
杂碎 [zá​suì] #9,911
offal
碎石 [suì​shí] #19,295
crushed or broken rock, stone etc
琐碎 [suǒ​suì] #18,532
trifling
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
破砕 [はさい] #20,717
crushing (into pieces)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
분쇄
pulverization