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砸 zá to smash

to smash; to pound; to crush; to break

How to remember 砸: 石 stone + 匝 go around = to smash. Grandpa lifts a heavy stone, tells the kids to go around the table to a safe spot, then swings it down on the walnuts to smash them.

  • HSK 8
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 石

Component breakdown

砸 = 石 stone + 匝 go around

  • 石 stone
  • 匝 go around
The Gushi story

Grandpa lifts a heavy stone, tells the kids to go around the table to a safe spot, then swings it down on the walnuts to smash them.

How it is used

  • To smash/pound down, and colloquially to botch/flop - 砸碎 (zásuì) to smash to bits, 砸核桃 (zá hétao) to crack walnuts.
  • 事情砸了 (shìqing zá le) means it fell through/was botched; 演砸了 (yǎn zá le) to blow a performance; 砸饭碗 (zá fànwǎn) to lose one's job. Also 砸钱 (zá qián) to pour money in.