毁
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to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 殳 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 毀
- Common rank
- #1,673
- Unicode
- U+6BC1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 毁 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man using a tool 殳 to strike 工 a clay vessel 臼
How to remember it
ruin · Heisig RSH #2959
I-beam + mortar + missile
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 毁
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毁三观 | (Internet slang) (of a situation, video clip etc) to make one think "wtf!" | |
| 相互保证毁灭 | mutual assured destruction | |
| 自毁 | to destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct | |
| 平毁 | to raze to the ground; to demolish | |
| 哀毁骨立 | (idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent | |
| 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 | rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) | |
| 毁灭性 | destructive; devastating | |
| 毁于一旦 | (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achie… | |
| 毁约 | to break a promise; breach of contract | |
| 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴 | see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2] | |
| 毁伤 | to injure; to damage | |
| 击毁 | to attack and destroy | |
| 毁容 | to disfigure; to spoil the beauty of | |
| 毁誉参半 | (idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews | |
| 毁除 | to destroy | |
| 销毁 | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate | |
| 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 | lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor o… | |
| 烧毁 | to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire | |
| 毁掉 | to destroy | |
| 毁灭 | to perish; to ruin; to destroy |