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破
pò
to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
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HSK 4
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Component Breakdown
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⿰石皮
i
Stroke Order
Component Tree i
pí
皮
skin, hide, fur, feathers
📷 Pictographic:
A hand using a tool 攴 to strip the hide from a carcass
5 strokes
HSK 3
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes
Words Using 破 (153)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
破
↗
pò
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
4
pò
破
↗
HSK 4
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
破产
↗
pòchǎn
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
5
pòchǎn
破产
↗
HSK 5
to go bankrupt / to become impoverished / bankruptcy
破坏
↗
pòhuài
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
5
pòhuài
破坏
↗
HSK 5
destruction / damage / to wreck / to break / to destroy
突破
↗
tūpò
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount or break the back of (a task etc) / (of ball sports) to break through a defense
6
tūpò
突破
↗
HSK 6
to break through / to make a breakthrough / to surmount or break the back of (a task etc) / (of ball sports) to break through a defense
破例
↗
pòlì
to make an exception
6
pòlì
破例
↗
HSK 6
to make an exception
打破
↗
dǎpò
to break / to smash
dǎpò
打破
↗
to break / to smash
破解
↗
pòjiě
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode
pòjiě
破解
↗
to break (a bond, constraint etc) / to explain / to unravel / to decipher / to decode
爆破
↗
bàopò
to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast
bàopò
爆破
↗
to blow up / to demolish (using explosives) / dynamite / blast
破碎
↗
pòsuì
to smash to pieces / to shatter
pòsuì
破碎
↗
to smash to pieces / to shatter
破裂
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pòliè
to rupture / to fracture / to break down / (linguistics) plosion
pòliè
破裂
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to rupture / to fracture / to break down / (linguistics) plosion