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毁

huǐ

destroy

Simplified form of 毀. Phonosemantic compound. 毇 represents the sound and 土 represents the meaning.

Components
毇 sound,remnant component

毇  Sound Remnant component

huǐ

  

to pound rice

工 simplified component

工  Simplified component

gōng

  

work

Variant of the 土 component in the traditional character 毀.

Evolution

毁 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
毁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毁 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
毁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
毁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

毁 (毀) 

huǐ

destroy, ruin, injure; slander; to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander

毁 (譭) 

huǐ

variant of 毀|毁[huǐ]

毁 (燬) 

huǐ

to destroy by fire; a blaze

Most common words with 毁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毁

to destroy

摧毁

to destroy

毁灭

to perish

销毁

to obliterate

烧毁

to burn

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

燬 譭

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

燬 譭

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 51.1453% of movies

809th most common character in movies

1160th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

毀

Unicode

U+6BC1


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