Hanja Analyzer
毀

毀 — hwe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
헐 훼
Romanization
hwe
English
destroy, ruin, injure; slander
Mandarin
huǐ
Japanese on'yomi
キ
Japanese kun'yomi
こぼ.つ こわ.す こぼ.れる こわ.れる そし.る やぶ.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Strokes
13
Radical
殳 (79, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+6BC0

How 毀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 毀 as a ideographic compound involving 臼, 工, 殳.

Japanese words with 毀

  • 毀損きそん damage; injury; defamation
  • 毀誉きよ praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
  • 毀棄きき destruction; demolition; damage
  • 毀傷きしょう injury; damage
  • 毀つこぼつ to destroy; to break; to damage
  • 誹毀ひき defamation; libel; calumny
  • 毀れこぼれ nick; chip; scratch
  • 焼毀しょうき completely destroying by fire
  • 毀壊きかい breaking; demolishing; smashing
  • 毀れるこぼれる to be chipped; to be nicked
  • 毀棄罪ききざい (crime of) damaging property; destruction of property
  • 毀誉褒貶きよほうへん praise and censure; public criticisms

Other hanja read “훼”

Other hanja with radical 殳

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