Chinese Character 毁 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

毁 meaning[3] in English

To Destroy.

To Damage.

To Ruin.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with HMHNE

How to write 毁

To writehui3to destroy you should write a combination of jiu4mortar ?? , shu1surname Shu arranged in a shape:

+ ? + =

毁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:hui3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Destroy . To Damage . To Ruin . To Defame . To Slander

Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar

?
Pinyin:?

Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu

Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 毁in English or Chinese