The word 碎片 is formed through the direct combination of two meaningful characters to create a new, composite idea: 碎 (suì), meaning "to break" or "shattered", visually and conceptually combines with 片 (piàn), meaning a "thin piece", "slice", or "fragment". Together, they do not represent an action or a description but fuse into a single noun that pictorially embodies the very concept of a "shattered piece" or a physical fragment resulting from something being broken apart.