破
pòTraditional: 破
#1949 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
broken, to break, worn out
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with the stone radical 石 (shí, stone) suggesting splitting, and 皮 (pí) marking the sound, meaning to break or split.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 石 (shí, stone) + 皮 (pí, phonetic)
Stroke order
破
Examples
鞋。
My shoes are worn out.
摔。
The cup fell on the floor and broke.
。
He was wearing a tattered piece of clothing.
。
This secret was finally cracked.
，。
Be careful, do not break the window.
破 (pò) means broken or worn out, and as a verb to break, split or wear through. It also figures in expressions like 破案 (to crack a case).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 破.
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