碎
(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,184 U+788E
How 碎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “rock”) + 卒 (phonetic, zú)
How to remember it
shattered · Heisig RSH #2471
石 stone + foot soldiers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卒 (zú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒 sound component | zú | soldier; servant; at last, finally |
| 醉 | zuì | intoxicated, drunk; addicted |
| 翠 | cuì | kingfisher; jade, emerald |
| 粹 | cuì | pure, unadulterated; essence |
| 猝 | cù | sudden, abrupt |
| 萃 | cuì | grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble |
| 瘁 | cuì | tired, worn-out; sick; overworked |
| 悴 | cuì | to suffer; haggard, emaciated |
| 淬 | cuì | to soak, to dye; to temper, to change |
| 晬 | zuì | a child's first birthday |
| 崒 | zú | rocky peaks; lofty; dangerous |
| 窣 | sū | to emerge from a hole; rustling, whispering |
| 綷 | cuì | five-color silk |
| 啐 | cuì | to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping |
| 谇 | suì | to slander, to defame; to berate |
Words containing 碎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 | nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán | Better broken jade than intact tile.; Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) |
| 粉身碎骨 | fěn shēn suì gǔ | (lit.) torn body and crushed bones (idiom); (fig.) to die horribly; to sacrifice one's lif… |
| 碎布条 | suì bù tiáo | shred |
| 粉碎机 | fěn suì jī | pulverizer; grinder |
| 碎纸机 | suì zhǐ jī | paper shredder |
| 香消玉碎 | xiāng xiāo yù suì | see 香消玉殞|香消玉殒[xiang1 xiao1 yu4 yun3] |
| 心碎 | xīn suì | heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow |
| 闲言碎语 | xián yán suì yǔ | idle gossip; irrelevant nonsense; slanderous rumor |
| 碎片整理 | suì piàn zhěng lǐ | defragmentation (computing) |
| 打碎 | dǎ suì | to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces |
| 碎石 | suì shí | gravel; crushed rock; rock debris |
| 裂变碎片 | liè biàn suì piàn | fission fragment |
| 支离破碎 | zhī lí pò suì | scattered and smashed (idiom) |
| 细胞破碎 | xì bāo pò suì | (biotechnology) cell disruption |
| 碎形 | suì xíng | fractal (math.) |
| 嘴碎 | zuǐ suì | loquacious; garrulous; wordy |
| 鸡零狗碎 | jī líng gǒu suì | in pieces |
| 碎肉 | suì ròu | ground meat; mincemeat |
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 碎心裂胆 | suì xīn liè dǎn | in mortal fear (idiom) |