碎

See also: 砕

碎 U+788E, 碎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-788E ← 碍 [U+788D] CJK Unified Ideographs 碏 → [U+788F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

碎 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口卜人十 (MRYOJ), four-corner 1064₈, composition ⿰石卒)

Derived characters

• 𪝬, 𡀬, 𢣃, 𱩌, 𫄆, 𬆜, 𫬮, 𪯞, 𡳥, 𬞚, 𤻒, 𣩸, 𫦢

Descendants

• 砕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 832, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2439, character 9
• Unihan data for U+788E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		碎
2nd round simp.		砕
alternative forms		砕

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 碎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (卒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	*sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud
倅	*sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	*suːds, *suds, *zud
濢	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	*ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	*zuːd, *zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *suːds): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 卒 (OC *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suì (sui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhui¹ / lhui⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sui
• Northern Min (KCR): cho̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): chó̤i
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sùi / chhùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cui³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵se / ⁵sei; ³tshei / ⁵suai / ⁵sae; ⁵sue / ⁵suei / ¹sei; ⁵sei
  • (Jinhua): ³sae

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴
    • Yale: swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi³
    • Yale: seui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhui¹ / lhui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬui³³/, /ɬui²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cho̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chó̤i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔy²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùi
    • Tâi-lô: suì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/

Note:

• sùi - literary;
• chhùi - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Suzhou, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵se
    • MiniDict: se^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /se³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /se⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /sɛ³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /se⁴⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /se³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /se³³/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sei; ³tshei
    • MiniDict: sei^去; tshei^上
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /sei³³/, /t͡sʰei⁴²⁴/
  • (Northern: Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵suai
    • MiniDict: suai^去
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /suai⁵²³/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing, Haiyan)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sae; ⁵sue
    • MiniDict: sae^去; sue^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sɛ³³⁴/, /sue³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /sɛ³⁵/, /sue³⁵/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵suei
    • MiniDict: suei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /szʷei⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹sei; ⁵sei
    • MiniDict: sei^平; sei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /sɐɪ⁵²/, /sɐɪ⁵⁵/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ³sae
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /sɛ⁵³⁵/
Note:
• ⁵sue (Jiaxing) - literary;
• ⁵sae (Jiaxing) - colloquial.

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• Middle Chinese: swojH

Rime
Character	碎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇内切
Baxter	swojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/suoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/suɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swəjH/
Li Rong	/suᴀiH/
Wang Li	/suɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s-tsʰ]ˤu[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	碎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suì
Middle Chinese	‹ swojH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s-tsʰ]ˁu[t]-s/
English	break
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	碎
Reading #	1/1
No.	17936
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*suːds/

Definitions

碎

1. shattered; fragmented; shredded

   碎片  ―  suìpiàn  ―  chip; fragment

   啲薯片碎嗮喇。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   di¹ syu⁴ pin^3-2 seoi³ saai³ laa³. [Jyutping]

   The chips are all crushed.

2. small pieces; bits; fragments

   玻璃碎  ―  bōli suì  ―  glass shards

   肉碎  ―  ròusuì  ―  minced meat

3. to shatter; to fragment; to shred

   碎紙機／碎纸机  ―  suìzhǐjī  ―  paper shredder

4. talkative

   閒言碎語／闲言碎语  ―  xiányánsuìyǔ  ―  gossip

   碎嘴子  ―  suìzuǐzi  ―  talkative

5. a surname, Sui

Synonyms

• (fragmented): 零星 (língxīng)

Compounds

• 凌遲碎剮 / 凌迟碎剐
• 切碎 (qiēsuì)
• 嘴碎 (zuǐsuì)
• 壓碎 / 压碎 (yāsuì)
• 寧當玉碎 / 宁当玉碎
• 心寒膽碎 / 心寒胆碎
• 心碎 (xīnsuì)
• 心膽俱碎 / 心胆俱碎
• 手零腳碎 / 手零脚碎
• 打碎 (dǎsuì)
• 掰開揉碎 / 掰开揉碎
• 搗碎 / 捣碎 (dǎosuì)
• 摜碎 / 掼碎
• 摧身碎首
• 擊碎唾壺 / 击碎唾壶
• 攪碎機 / 搅碎机
• 支離破碎 / 支离破碎 (zhīlípòsuì)
• 敲碎
• 殞身碎首 / 殒身碎首
• 煩言碎語 / 烦言碎语
• 煩言碎辭 / 烦言碎辞
• 片鱗碎甲 / 片鳞碎甲
• 玉石俱碎
• 玉碎 (yùsuì)
• 玉碎珠沉
• 玉碎花銷 / 玉碎花销
• 玉碎香殘 / 玉碎香残
• 玉碎香消
• 珠殘玉碎 / 珠残玉碎
• 珠沉玉碎
• 珠沉璧碎
• 瑣碎 / 琐碎 (suǒsuì)
• 破碎 (pòsuì)
• 破碎家庭
• 破碎帶 / 破碎带
• 破碎支離 / 破碎支离
• 碎修兒 / 碎修儿
• 碎催
• 碎務 / 碎务
• 碎嘴子
• 碎嘴碎舌
• 碎塊 / 碎块
• 碎妝 / 碎妆
• 碎密
• 碎小
• 碎屍萬段 / 碎尸万段 (suìshīwànduàn)
• 碎屑 (suìxiè)
• 碎末 (suìmò)
• 碎步
• 碎步兒 / 碎步儿
• 碎片 (suìpiàn)
• 碎玉 (suìyù)
• 碎瓊亂玉 / 碎琼乱玉
• 碎瓷
• 碎石 (suìshí)
• 碎紛紛 / 碎纷纷
• 碎聒
• 碎肉 (suìròu)
• 碎花
• 碎裂 (suìliè)
• 碎身粉骨
• 碎金 (suìjīn)
• 碎首糜軀 / 碎首糜躯
• 碎骨粉身
• 粉碎 (fěnsuì)
• 粉身碎骨 (fěnshēn-suìgǔ)
• 粉零麻碎
• 粉骨碎身 (fěngǔsuìshēn)
• 糜軀碎首 / 糜躯碎首
• 細碎 / 细碎 (xìsuì)
• 絞碎 / 绞碎
• 苛碎
• 閒言碎語 / 闲言碎语
• 阿郎雜碎 / 阿郎杂碎
• 雜碎 / 杂碎 (zásuì)
• 雞零狗碎 / 鸡零狗碎
• 零七八碎
• 零打碎敲
• 零敲碎打
• 零碎 (língsuì)
• 零零碎碎
• 顛撲不碎 / 颠扑不碎
• 香消玉碎
• 骨碎補 / 骨碎补 (gǔsuìbǔ)

Japanese

Shinjitai	砕
Kyūjitai	碎

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 碎

碎

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 砕)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku, 碎く)、くだける (kudakeru, 碎ける)、はたく (hataku, 碎く)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 碎 (MC swojH).

Hanja

碎 (eumhun 부술 쇄 (busul swae))

1. hanja form^? of 쇄 (“shred”)

Compounds

• 분쇄 (粉碎, bunswae, “shattering”)
• 쇄빙선 (碎氷船, swaebingseon, “icebreaker”)
• 파쇄 (破碎, paswae, “crushing”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

碎: Hán Việt readings: toái
碎: Nôm readings: tôi, tui, toái, thỏi, tỏa/toả, tủi

Noun

碎 • (tôi)

1. (archaic, historical) slave; domestic servant

Pronoun

碎 • (tôi)

1. (formal in all dialects) I/me (used in formal contexts, regardless of the difference in status between the speakers)

Notes

This character is also used for the alternative pronunciation, tui