Taxonomy of meanings for 碎:　　

  • 碎 suì (OC: squuds MC: suoi) 蘇內切 去 廣韻：【細破也蘇内切五 】

    Additional information about 碎

    說文解字: 【碎】，䃺也。从石、卒聲。 【蘇對切】

      Criteria
    • DESTROY

      1. The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state.

      2. Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance.

      3. Pò 破 is always violent destruction of concrete objects of any kind.

      4. Cán 殘 focusses on the reckless attitude shown by the destroyer.

      5. Yāng 殃 focusses on the disaster constituted by destruction, and this word is used mostly nominally.

      6. Suì 碎 focusses on complete smashing into small pieces of what is destroyed.

      7. Huài 壞 and huī 墮 / 隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse".

      8. Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage.

      9. Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".