毁
to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,673 U+6BC1
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 containing 毁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毁三观 | huǐ sān guān | (Internet slang) (of a situation, video clip etc) to make one think "wtf!" |
| 相互保证毁灭 | xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ miè | mutual assured destruction |
| 自毁 | zì huǐ | to destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct |
| 平毁 | píng huǐ | to raze to the ground; to demolish |
| 哀毁骨立 | āi huǐ gǔ lì | (idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent |
| 宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚 | nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn | rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom) |
| 毁灭性 | huǐ miè xìng | destructive; devastating |
| 毁于一旦 | huǐ yú yī dàn | (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achie… |
| 毁约 | huǐ yuē | to break a promise; breach of contract |
| 千里之堤，毁于蚁穴 | qiān lǐ zhī dī , huǐ yú yǐ xué | 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 | huǐ shāng | to injure; to damage |
| 击毁 | jī huǐ | to attack and destroy |
| 毁容 | huǐ róng | to disfigure; to spoil the beauty of |
| 毁誉参半 | huǐ yù cān bàn | (idiom) to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews |
| 毁除 | huǐ chú | to destroy |
| 销毁 | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
| 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 | huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng | lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor o… |
| 烧毁 | shāo huǐ | to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire |
| 毁掉 | huǐ diào | to destroy |
| 毁灭 | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin; to destroy |