捏碎
niē​suì

crush

捏 niē pick with fingers

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

圼
圼 Sound component
niè

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangniːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

碎 suì break

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswojH[s-tsʰ]ˤu[t]-sbreak
Zhengzhangsuːds
Unicodesuə̀i

說文解字

䃺也。从石卒聲。

Sources

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