huài

rotten

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

不 simplified component

  Simplified component

  

no

Shorthand for the phonetic (huái) component in the traditional character .

Evolution

坏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
坏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坏 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
坏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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huài

bad, spoil(ed), ruin, destroy; bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost

Most common words with 坏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bad

破坏

damage

坏人

bad person

坏事

bad thing

坏了

shoot!