1. 毀
  2. 滅

毀

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  • 1158th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
毀→
No glyph available殳
2Radical
毀→
臼mortar土earth殳weapon/lance
3Graphical
毀→
臼一丨一丿㇠㇇㇏

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huǐ (hui3)to destroy • to damage • to ruin • to defame • to slander
2. huǐ (hui3)variant of 毀|毁[hui3] • to destroy by fire • a blaze
3. huǐ (hui3)variant of 毀|毁[hui3] • to defame • to slander

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

毁掉 (毀掉)
毁灭 (毀滅)

Uncommon

损毁 (損毀)
摧毁 (摧毀)
毁坏 (毀壞)
毁容 (毀容)
毁谤 (毀謗)
诋毁 (詆毀)
销毁 (銷毀)

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滅

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  • 951st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 66 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
滅→
氵烕
2Radical
滅→
氵water厂cliff戈spear一one火fire
3Graphical
滅→
⺀㇀厂戈一丿丶冫

Pinyin & Meaning

1. miè (mie4)to extinguish or put out • to go out (of a fire etc) • to exterminate or wipe out • to drown

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

毁灭 (毀滅)
消灭 (消滅)
破灭 (破滅)

Uncommon

不可磨灭 (不可磨滅)
幻灭 (幻滅)
扑灭 (撲滅)
杀灭 (殺滅)
毁灭性 (毀滅性)
泯灭 (泯滅)
湮灭 (湮滅)
灭亡 (滅亡)
灭口 (滅口)
灭掉 (滅掉)
灭火 (滅火)
灭火器 (滅火器)
灭绝 (滅絕)
熄灭 (熄滅)
磨灭 (磨滅)
自生自灭 (自生自滅)
覆灭 (覆滅)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.