Memory phrase for the character: 砸

砸

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Meaning

to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong

Pronunciation

zá

Explanation

 Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾

Mnemonic
 
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.

Radicals

石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
匚 right open boxembrace
巾 cloth, turban




 Vocabulary

砸破 zá pò  to break; to shatter
砸锅 zá guō  to fail
砸碎 zá suì  to pulverize; to smash to bits
砸碎 zá suì  

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