碾碎
niǎn​suì

pulverize

碾 niǎn roller

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

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
展
展 Sound component
zhǎn, zhan open

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangndenʔ
ndens

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)