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Chinese symbol for “shatter”

打碎
dǎ suì
to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shatter is 打碎 (dǎ suì), defined as: to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
碎 suì
to break, to smash; broken, busted
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shatter”

WordPinyinMeaning
粉碎fěn suìto crush; to smash; to shatter
碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered
破碎pò suìto smash to pieces; to shatter
砸坏 (砸壞)zá huàito smash; to shatter
砸破zá pòto break; to shatter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打碎.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
碎片suì piànchip; fragment; splinter; tatter
粉碎fěn suìto crush; to smash; to shatter

See also: Japanese symbol for “shatter”.

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.