毁

huì

to destroy; to ruin · to defame; to slander

Radical: 殳 Strokes: 13

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

殿殷段毂毅殴殳

Same radical

殿殷段毂毅殴殳

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Character Decomposition

毁=臼+工+殳

Etymology

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

Meanings

to destroy; to ruin

to defame; to slander

huǐ

to destroy by fire

huǐ

to defame

to slander

huǐ

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Words with 毁 200 total

to destroy; to wreck摧毁cuī huǐ to attack and destroy击毁jī huǐ to collapse; to cave in崩毁bēng huǐ to demolish; to tear down拆毁chāi huǐ to destroy · to smash · sabotage捣毁dǎo huǐ

Idioms with 毁 48 total

(idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent哀毁骨立āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) to be reduced to skin and bones due to excessive grief over the death of one's parents; to be emaciated from mourning柴毁骨立chái huǐ gǔ lì lit. the nest is destroyed and the eggs are broken (idiom) · fig. when the head of a family suffers misfortune, the children are implicated巢毁卵破cháo huǐ luǎn pò