破绽
pò​zhàn

flaw

破 pò break

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphaHpʰˤaj-s break (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“破，石碎也。从石，皮聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绽 zhàn ripped seam Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綻.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

綻 ripped seam Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrdeːns
Unicodedjhɛ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica