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[] smash/shatter (破​); 破​ destroy/wreck/ruin; 破​ worn out; (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​, ​使; 破​, ​; ​破, ​; …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹pò* {A} s.v.broken; damaged; tornZhèxiē fángzi tài ∼ le. 这些房子太∼了。 These houses are extremely run-down.inferior; poor; lousyv.break; cleave; cutMéiyǒu nòng∼. 没有弄∼。 No damage/breakage/etc. (to a package).get rid of; eradicate; do away withdefeat (the enemy); capture (a city/etc.)reveal the truth; expose (a lie/etc.)suf. throughkàn∼ 看∼ see through

The Shuōwén Seal form of 破(​􁦾) pò ‘shatter/smash to bits’ (破​) combines ​ (shí) ‘rock’, and ​(​􀢂𡰻) pí (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​(​􁒑) pí ‘tired/weary/exhausted’ (​).
    Compare: ​(​􂢬) pō ‘slope/hillside’; ​/​(​􁡆) pō ‘tilt the head’; ​(​􁹤𣴫) bō ‘water wave’.
    HDZ: 破 : pò : ​, ​; ​, ​使; 破​, ​; ​破, ​ (破​, 破​, 破​); ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​穿, ​使 (破​, ​破); ​, ​ (破​, 破​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​; (​) ​; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:420.49; Karlgren:AD721,GSR25o; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2426.3; Mathews:5344; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:829.28; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:149.1.10; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: po-
Shuōwén: ​􁦾(破) ​􁡆(​)
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Unicode: U+7834
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