砕 (suì) - To break, crush, smash & fragmented, broken into pieces

砕Tone 4

suì ｜ 9 strokes ｜ radical:

树檀

砕 · suì

To break, crush, smash;

fragmented, broken into pieces;

to shatter.

To break, crush, smashfragmented, broken into piecesto shatter.

Usage highlights

Crushed stoneTo shatterBroken piecesTo smash to piecesHeartbreakIce crusher

Synonyms

  • 碎— Chinese standard form meaning to break, smash
  • 破— to break, destroy, damage
  • 粉— powder, dust (in context of pulverization)

Antonyms

  • 整— whole, complete, orderly
  • 全— complete, entire, whole
  • 固— solid, firm, hard

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The glass shattered into pieces (玻璃砕けた).
  • Crushed stone is used in construction (砕石).
  • He analyzed the problem in detail (問題を砕いて分析した).
  • The ship was wrecked on the rocks (船が岩に砕かれた).

Collocations

  • Crushed stone(砕石)
  • To shatter(砕ける)
  • Broken pieces(砕片)
  • To smash to pieces(粉砕する)
  • Heartbreak(心が砕ける)
  • Ice crusher(砕氷機)

Idioms

  • To have one's heart broken(心が砕ける)
  • To smash to smithereens(粉砕する)
  • To break waves(波が砕ける)
  • To analyze in detail(砕いて説明する)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 砕 is primarily used in Japanese contexts as a variant of 碎 in Chinese.
  • In Japanese aesthetics, the concept of 'broken beauty' (wabi-sabi) sometimes relates to fragmentation.
  • The character appears in compound words related to destruction and analysis.

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