kuì

flooding river

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

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

贵 sound component

  Sound component

guì

  

expensive

Evolution

溃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
溃 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
溃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

kuì

flooding river; militarily defeat; to be dispersed; to break down; to fester; to ulcerate

Most common words with 溃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

崩溃

to collapse

溃疡

ulcer

to fester

击溃

to defeat

溃烂

to fester