扯破 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

chěpò

tear

chě, che rip up

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撦.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

止 Sound component

zhǐ (foot), stop

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰjaːʔ

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

石 Meaning component

shí stone

皮 Sound component

pí skin

Change in sound

破 and 皮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
破 *pʰˤaj-s
皮 *m-[p](r)aj

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phaH	pʰˤaj-s	break (v.)

《說文》：“破，石碎也。从石，皮聲。”