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The character "碎" is a phono-semantic compound formed from the semantic component "石", meaning stone, and the phonetic component "卒", which historically indicated pronunciation. Its original meaning centered on the action of breaking or crushing stone into small pieces, directly tied to the hardness associated with the stone radical. From this concrete origin, the meaning expanded to describe any material broken into fragments, and later to abstract concepts such as shattered peace or dispersed ideas, generalizing the notion of fragmentation. The structural integrity of these components has been consistent in its standard written form.
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杯子摔碎了。
他把纸撕碎了。
这些碎片很锋利。
她心碎地离开了。
机器把石头粉碎成粉末。
地震后许多东西都破碎了。
由于操作不当，设备零件碎裂了。
这些琐碎的事情让人心烦意乱。