坏

huài

h+uài·4th tone

bad · spoiled

Radical: 土 Strokes: 7 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境

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Character Decomposition

坏=土+不

Etymology

earth

Meanings

bad

spoiled

broken

to break down

(suffix) to the utmost

huài

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Words with 坏 166 total

crash · breakdown (of social values etc) · burst · to crumble · to collapse崩坏bēng huài bad thing; misdeed · to ruin things坏事huài shì evil tricks坏水huài shuǐ bad debt坏账huài zhàng bad kind · scoundrel坏种huài zhǒng

Idioms with 坏 17 total Chain

rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray礼崩乐坏lǐ bēng yuè huài flustered and exasperated · utterly discomfited气急败坏qì jí bài huài lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined · a great sage has died (idiom)山颓木坏shān tuí mù huài

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