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
工 work, to buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
殳 weaponbattle axe in a hand 又
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 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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