蘸破
zhàn​pò

awaken

蘸 zhàn dip (a brush)

To perform a rite 醮 again (like a perennial 艹)

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
醮
醮 Meaning component
jiào, qiáo, zhàn religious service

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsreːms

說文解字

以物没水也。此蓋俗語。从艸未详。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)