破 — Chinese character

破

pò

to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy

Pinyin: pò
Radical: 112 ⽯ (Stone)
Strokes: 10
Components: 石皮
Formation: pictophonetic — rock; meaning component 石; sound component 皮
Japanese: 破 as a kanji

Common words with 破

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
破坏 (破壞)	pò huài	destruction; damage
突破	tū pò	to break through; to make a breakthrough
打破	dǎ pò	to break; to smash
破产 (破產)	pò chǎn	to go bankrupt; to become impoverished
破解	pò jiě	to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破裂	pò liè	to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
破碎	pò suì	to smash to pieces; to shatter
破灭 (破滅)	pò miè	to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
破除	pò chú	to eliminate; to do away with
冲破 (衝破)	chōng pò	breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
爆破	bào pò	to blow up; to demolish (using explosives)
攻破	gōng pò	to make a breakthrough; to break through

English words written with 破

破 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Art of War 7 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 1

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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