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CHINESE CHARACTER

huǐ

毁

毁

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ruin

Numbered pinyin
hui3
English meanings
destruction, ruin, slay, damage, slander, spoil, bugger up, burn up, refashion, make over, destroy, defame, demolish

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left (Top–bottom arrangement: top 臼; bottom 工.); right 殳.

  • Left

    ⿱
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    • Top

      臼
    • Bottom

      工
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  • Right

    殳
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰⿱臼工殳

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    huǐ毁diào掉。

    Destroy.

  2. 02

    bèi被huǐ毁。

    Was destroyed.

  3. 03

    huǐhuài毁坏。

    Damage.

  4. 04

    bié别huǐ毁le了。

    Don't ruin it.

  5. 05

    huǐ毁diào掉qián前chéng程。

    Ruin the future.

  6. 06

    huǐ毁róng容。

    Disfigure.

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