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
- Art of War 2.13–14
- Art of War 3.1
- Art of War 11.39
- Mencius 3B.1
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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