坏
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bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 坏
- Common rank
- #1,125
- Unicode
- U+574F
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 坏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 男人不坏，女人不爱 | women love bad guys | |
| 时好时坏 | sometimes good, sometimes bad | |
| 坏分子 | bad element; troublemaker | |
| 坏东西 | bastard; scoundrel; rogue | |
| 坏包儿 | rascal; rogue; little devil (term of endearment) | |
| 破坏活动 | sabotage; subversive activities | |
| 坏血病 | scurvy | |
| 暗黑破坏神 | Diablo (video game series) | |
| 贫血性坏死 | anemic necrosis | |
| 破坏性 | destructive | |
| 道德败坏 | vice; immorality; moral turpitude | |
| 大坏蛋 | scoundrel; bastard | |
| 坏人 | bad person; villain | |
| 坏水 | evil tricks | |
| 学坏 | to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples | |
| 破坏无遗 | damaged beyond repair | |
| 气坏 | furious; very angry | |
| 坏事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 抗坏血酸 | vitamin C; ascorbic acid | |
| 用坏 | to wear out (tools) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 不 — compare how they read.