TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
碎
碎 ＝ 石 ＋ 卒
ㄙㄨㄟˋ · suì
verb/adj — to shatter; broken into bits, fragmentary
字源 FORM — what the parts do
卒聲zú — gives the sounda foot soldier, the end
IFTzú → suì — reading shifted across initial, final, and tone
A stone (石) with 卒, which lends the sound — zú shifting to suì. Stone struck into bits: shattered, broken small. From the broken stone comes anything in fragments: 破碎、碎片, and even movement chopped small — 碎步, tiny quick steps.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊石（石）砸下去，裂成一地小渣——碎了。
A stone (石) struck — it bursts into a scatter of bits — shattered.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)碎裂、破碎— to shatter, break into bits常用
→碎片、碎屑— fragments, debris常用
⇒碎步、瑣碎— small and chopped; trivial
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
卒zúthe phonetic alone — 卒 is a foot soldier / to end; set it on for the smashed stone粹cuìthe same phonetic — 粹 takes 米 (rice) for "pure"; 碎 takes for the broken