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Chinese symbol for “damaged”

破
pò
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for damaged is 破 (pò), defined as: broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

破 pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
radical 112 ⽯ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “damaged”

WordPinyinMeaning
受害shòu hàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged
伤残 (傷殘)shāng cándisabled; maimed
破敝pò bìshabby; damaged

Related words

Other words that share a character with 破.

WordPinyinMeaning
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage
突破tū pòto break through; to make a breakthrough
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
破产 (破產)pò chǎnto go bankrupt; to become impoverished
破解pò jiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down

See also: Japanese symbol for “damaged”.

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

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