溃
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(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 潰
- Common rank
- #2,457
- Unicode
- U+6E83
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
burst · Heisig RSH #2745
水 water + 贵 expensive
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 溃
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溃不成军 | (idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed | |
| 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 | (lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may … | |
| 精神崩溃 | nervous breakdown | |
| 一触即溃 | to collapse on the first encounter; to give way at once | |
| 溃军 | routed troops | |
| 溃兵 | routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops | |
| 溃散 | (of troops) to be routed and dispersed | |
| 击溃 | to defeat; to smash; to rout | |
| 溃败 | to be utterly defeated; to be routed | |
| 溃决 | (of a dike or dam) to burst | |
| 溃敌 | to rout the enemy | |
| 溃逃 | to flee in disorder | |
| 溃烂 | to fester; to ulcerate | |
| 口腔溃疡 | canker sore | |
| 崩溃 | to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart | |
| 溃坝 | (of a dam) to be breached; to burst | |
| 溃脓 | (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate | |
| 溃疡 | ulcer; to ulcerate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 贵 — compare how they read.