毁(huǐ)

HSK 613 strokesTrad. 毀

to destroy

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Character information

Pinyin
huǐ
Meaning
to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
毀

Origin & structure

Where 毁 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⿱臼工殳

A man using a tool 殳 to strike 工 a clay vessel 臼

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

臼jiù工gōng殳shū

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 毀: A man using a tool 殳 to strike a clay 土 vessel 臼

How to write 毁 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 毁

Common words using 毁 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cuī摧huǐ毁
HSK 7-9

to destroy; to wreck

Open 摧毁 page →
huǐ毁huài坏
HSK 7-9

to damage

Open 毁坏 page →
huǐ毁miè灭
HSK 7-9

to perish

Open 毁灭 page →
zhuì坠huǐ毁

(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash

Open 坠毁 page →
bēng崩huǐ毁

to collapse; to cave in

Open 崩毁 page →
píng平huǐ毁

to raze to the ground; to demolish

Open 平毁 page →
āi哀huǐ毁jí瘠lì立

see 哀毁骨立

Open 哀毁瘠立 page →
āi哀huǐ毁gǔ骨lì立

(idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent

Open 哀毁骨立 page →

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From 毁’s common words

摧坏灭坠崩平哀瘠

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