broken; to break, split or cleave; damaged

HSK 4 #604

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 604th character
Radical ⽯ (112.5)
Strokes 10
Index # 1867

Definitions

破 pò
  1. 1. broken
  2. 2. to break, split or cleave
  3. 3. damaged
  4. 4. worn out
  5. 5. to defeat
  6. 6. to destroy
  7. 7. to get rid of
  8. 8. to expose the truth of
  9. 9. lousy
  10. 10. rotten
  11. 11. to break with
  12. 12. to capture (a city etc)

Stroke order

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Words containing 破

Word Meaning
to destroy; damage; to wreck
to go bankrupt; bankruptcy; to become impoverished
to break through; to make a breakthrough
to make an exception
to break; to smash
to solve a case; shabby old table
to rupture; to break down; to fracture
worn-out; tattered; ragged
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
to smash to pieces; to shatter
to blow up; to demolish (using explosives); blast
to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)
to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
to break the door down and enter (idiom)
to break a code; to crack a riddle; to solve an enigma
to become damaged
to see through; to penetrate
to solve (crime); to investigate (as detective)
shabby
to overcome an obstacle quickly; breakthrough
scattered and smashed (idiom)
mistake or gap in a speech or theory; hole or tear in cloth
to tear; to rip
to cut open; to rip; to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
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