毀

See also: 毁

毀 U+6BC0, 毀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BC0 ← 殿 [U+6BBF] CJK Unified Ideographs 毁 → [U+6BC1]

Translingual

Han character

毀 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹土竹弓水 (HGHNE), four-corner 7714₇, composition ⿰⿱臼土殳)

Derived characters

• 𡒂, 𡢶, 𢶙, 檓, 燬, 𥼹, 譭, 𦽐, 𥵓, 𨷕, 𡢕, 㩓, 𥽂, 𧝷, 䥣

Related characters

• 毁 (Simplified Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 586, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16654
• Dae Jaweon: page 979, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2162, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BC0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (毀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
毀	*hmralʔ, *hmrals
燬	*hmralʔ
檓	*hmralʔ
毇	*hmralʔ
譭	*hmralʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		毀
simp.		毁*
2nd round simp.		⿰圼殳

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 毀

1. to destroy; to ruin

   毀了自己的前途／毁了自己的前途  ―  huǐ le zìjǐ de qiántú  ―  to ruin one's own future

2. to slander

   • 叔孫武叔毀仲尼。子貢曰：「無以為也！仲尼不可毀也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     叔孙武叔毁仲尼。子贡曰：「无以为也！仲尼不可毁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shūsūn Wǔ Shū huǐ Zhòngní. Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Wúyǐ wéi yě! Zhòngní bùkě huǐ yě. [Pinyin]

     Shu Sun Wu Shu having spoken revilingly of Zhong Ni, Zi Gong said, "It is of no use doing so. Zhong Ni cannot be reviled.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 毀 – see 燬 (“blazing fire; to burn up; to burn down”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 燬).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 毀 – see 譭 (“to slander; to defame”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 譭).

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Japanese

Kanji

毀

(Jōyō kanji)

1. break, destroy, demolish

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: こぼつ (kobotsu, 毀つ)、そしる (soshiru, 毀る)、やせる (yaseru, 毀せる)

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Korean

Hanja

毀 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼)

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Vietnamese

Han character

毀: Hán Nôm readings: hủy/huỷ

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