害
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to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 害
- Common rank
- #746
- Unicode
- U+5BB3
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Formation & memory
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Words with 害
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无 | refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb) | |
| 有百利而无一害 | to have many advantages and no disadvantages | |
| 有百害而无一利 | having no advantage whatsoever | |
| 有害无利 | harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good | |
| 病民害国 | to damage the people and harm the country (idiom) | |
| 不知利害 | see 不知好歹[bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3] | |
| 利害关系人 | stakeholder; interested party; interested person | |
| 利害关系方 | interested party | |
| 害群之马 | lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rott… | |
| 害月子 | morning sickness (in pregnancy) | |
| 利害关系 | stake; vital interest; concern | |
| 打蛇不死，反受其害 | (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you | |
| 伤天害理 | to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts | |
| 害人精 | goblin that kills or harms people; fig. wicked scoundrel; terrible pest | |
| 害相思病 | sick with love | |
| 正中要害 | to hit the nail on the head (idiom) | |
| 不以词害志 | don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech t… | |
| 害人 | to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious | |
| 水害 | flood damage | |
| 无害 | harmless |
Sound family
These characters use 害 as their sound component — compare how they read.