Memory phrase for the character: 毁

毁

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Meaning

to destroy (by fire), to damage, to defame, slander

Pronunciation

huǐ

Explanation

Left: mortar: 臼 (here: destroyed sun 日), work(er) 工, right: 殳 (battle axe

in a hand 又)

Mnemonic

The sun was taken by the worker with the battle axe in the hand and: destroyed.

Radicals

臼	mortar	Like two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.
工	work, to build	Cross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
殳	weapon	battle axe in a hand 又

Vocabulary

摧毁	cuī huǐ	destroy; wreck
撕毁	sī huǐ	to tear up; to rip up; too shred
焚毁	fén huǐ	to burn down; to destroy with fire
捣毁	dǎo huǐ	to destroy; to smash; sabotage
毁谤	huǐ bàng	slander; libel; to malign; to disparage
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣	huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng	lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣	huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

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