Dong Chinese dictionary

huī, duò

destroy

Depicts two hands (又） pushing dirt (土) off of a mound (阝).

Components

阝 Iconic component

fù

hill, place

又 Iconic component

yòu

(hand), again

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 又 than it was in ancient scripts.

土 Iconic component

tǔ

earth

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 土 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huī

destroy

duò

collapse

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources