懂中文 Dong Chinese

毀

huǐ

destroy

Phonosemantic compound. 毇 represents the sound and 土 represents the meaning.

Components
毇 sound,remnant component

毇  Sound Remnant component

huǐ

  

to pound rice

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

毀 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
毀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毀 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
毀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毁 (毀) 

huǐ

destroy, ruin, injure; slander; to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander

Most common words with 毀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毁

to destroy

摧毁

to destroy

毁灭

to perish

销毁

to obliterate

烧毁

to burn