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Chinese symbol for “disintegrate”

碎裂
suì liè
to disintegrate; to shatter into small pieces

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disintegrate is 碎裂 (suì liè), defined as: to disintegrate; to shatter into small pieces.

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Characters and stroke order

碎 suì
to break, to smash; broken, busted
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes
裂 liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “disintegrate”

WordPinyinMeaning
瓦解wǎ jiěto collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up
解体 (解體)jiě tǐto break up into components; to disintegrate
冰消瓦解bīng xiāo wǎ jiěto melt like ice and break like tiles; to disintegrate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 碎裂.

WordPinyinMeaning
碎片suì piànchip; fragment; splinter; tatter
粉碎fěn suìto crush; to smash; to shatter
破碎pò suìto smash to pieces; to shatter
心碎xīn suìheartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow
支离破碎 (支離破碎)zhī lí pò suìscattered and smashed (idiom)
碎石suì shígravel; crushed rock; rock debris
分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide
破裂pò lièto burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down

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.