Chinese Character 毀 Meanings and components.

Form

毀

Meaning

毀 meaning[3] in English

To Destroy.

To Damage.

To Ruin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 毀 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are mortar (臼) , Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 殳 (shu1) which means: Surname Shu, .殳shu1surname Shu

In cangjie it is written with HGHNE

How to write 毀

To write毀hui3to destroy you should write a combination of 臼jiu4mortar 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

臼 + 土 + 殳 = 毀

毀 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 毀 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 毀, looks as follow:

毀
Pinyin:hui3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Destroy . To Damage . To Ruin . To Defame . To Slander
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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