漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
毀: break, destroy
Also: censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
殳 carries the meaning · 臼 and 土 are drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 毀損きそんdamage; injury; defamation
- 毀誉きよpraise and censure; approval and disapproval
- 毀棄ききdestruction; demolition; damage
Also read こぼつ, こわす, こぼれる, こわれる, そしる, やぶる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take action! Imagine a hand gripping a sturdy wooden shaft, ready to strike or move an object with force.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 毁 · traditional, as in Japanese · huǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 毀; mainland China simplifies it to 毁.
- Simplified
- 毁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 毀 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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