毀

See also: 毁 and 𭮳

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

Translingual

Traditional	毀
Shinjitai (extended)	𭮳
Simplified	毁

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

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

• Sears interprets it as Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 臼 (“cracked skull”) + 工 (“tool”) + 殳 (“hand action”), a man being hit in the head.
• Liu Zhao interprets it as Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmralʔ, *hmrals) : phonetic 𬛸 () + semantic 殳 (“hand holding staff; strike”)
• Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hmralʔ, *hmrals) : abbreviated phonetic 毇 (OC *hmralʔ) + semantic 土

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 毀
Mandarin	Beijing	/xuei²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/xuei²¹³/
	Tianjin	/xuei¹³/
	Jinan	/xuei⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/xue⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/xuei⁵³/
	Xi'an	/xuei⁵³/
	Xining	/xuɨ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/xuei⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/xuei⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/xuei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xuei⁴²/
	Chengdu	/xuei⁵³/
	Guiyang	/xuei⁴²/
	Kunming	/xuei⁵³/
	Nanjing	/xuəi²¹²/
	Hefei	/xue²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xuei⁵³/
	Pingyao	/xuei⁵³/
	Hohhot	/xuei⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/hue³⁵/
	Suzhou	/hue̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/hui⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕy⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/xue³⁵/
	Tunxi	/xuə²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/fei⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɸəi⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/fɨi²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰui³¹/
	Taoyuan	/fui³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wɐi³⁵/
	Nanning	/wɐi³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wɐi³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kui⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/huoi³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xo²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hũi⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ui²¹³/

Rime
Character	毀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許委切
Baxter	xjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/xjueX/
Wang Li	/xǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ xjweX ›
Old Chinese	/*[m̥](r)ajʔ/
English	demolish
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毀	毀
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5451	5456
Phonetic component	毀	毀
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	毀	毁
Old Chinese	/*hmralʔ/	/*hmrals/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huǐ (hui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hui³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei²

• Gan (Wiktionary): fii³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kui³

• Jin (Wiktionary): xui²
• Northern Min (KCR): hǒ
• Eastern Min (BUC): hūi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): húi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huin²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hue
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui³
    • Yale: hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai²
    • Yale: wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fii³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɨi²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fí
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi³
    • Sinological IPA: /fi³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kui³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕuei⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: húi
    • Tâi-lô: huí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huie
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huin²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: húiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũĩ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hue
    • MiniDict: hue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: xjweX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m̥](r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmralʔ/, /*hmrals/

Definitions

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.

3. a surname: Hui

Synonyms

• (to destroy):

edit

• 亂／乱 (luàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
• 圮毀／圮毁 (pǐhuǐ) (literary)
• 壞／坏 (huài)
• 打掉 (dǎdiào)
• 損壞／损坏 (sǔnhuài)
• 損毀／损毁 (sǔnhuǐ)
• 搗砸／捣砸 (dau² zah⁵) (Jin)
• 摧殘／摧残 (cuīcán)
• 摧毀／摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
• 毀壞／毁坏 (huǐhuài)
• 毀損／毁损 (huǐsǔn)
• 決裂／决裂 (juéliè) (archaic)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 破壞／破坏 (pòhuài)
• 糟 (zāo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 隳 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Compounds

• 哀毀骨立／哀毁骨立 (āihuǐgǔlì)
• 圮毀／圮毁 (pǐhuǐ)
• 坍毀／坍毁
• 墜毀／坠毁 (zhuìhuǐ)
• 巢毀卵破／巢毁卵破
• 平毀／平毁 (pínghuǐ)
• 拆毀／拆毁 (chāihuǐ)
• 損毀／损毁 (sǔnhuǐ)
• 搗毀／捣毁 (dǎohuǐ)
• 摧毀／摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
• 撕毀／撕毁 (sīhuǐ)
• 擊毀／击毁
• 柴毀／柴毁
• 柴毀滅性／柴毁灭性
• 柴毀骨立／柴毁骨立
• 殺馬毀車／杀马毁车
• 毀不滅性／毁不灭性
• 毀傷／毁伤 (huǐshāng)
• 毀壞／毁坏 (huǐhuài)
• 毀宗夷族／毁宗夷族
• 毀害／毁害
• 毀容／毁容 (huǐróng)
• 毀家紓國／毁家纾国
• 毀家紓難／毁家纾难 (huǐjiāshūnàn)
• 毀屍滅跡／毁尸灭迹 (huǐshīmièjì)
• 毀廉蔑恥／毁廉蔑耻
• 毀形滅性／毁形灭性
• 毀打／毁打
• 毀掉／毁掉 (huǐdiào)
• 毀損／毁损 (huǐsǔn)
• 毀損罪／毁损罪
• 毀敗／毁败
• 毀方投圓／毁方投圆
• 毀方瓦合／毁方瓦合
• 毀於一旦／毁于一旦 (huǐyúyīdàn)
• 毀棄／毁弃
• 毀滅／毁灭 (huǐmiè)
• 毀熸／毁熸
• 毀瓦畫墁／毁瓦画墁
• 毀疾／毁疾
• 毀瘠／毁瘠
• 毀短／毁短
• 毀約／毁约 (huǐyuē)
• 毀舟為杕／毁舟为杕
• 毀言／毁言
• 毀訾／毁訾
• 毀謗／毁谤 (huǐbàng)
• 毀譽／毁誉 (huǐyù)
• 毀譽參半／毁誉参半 (huǐyùcānbàn)
• 毀車殺馬／毁车杀马
• 毀鐘為鐸／毁钟为铎
• 毀顏／毁颜
• 毀風敗俗／毁风败俗
• 毀齒／毁齿
• 求全之毀／求全之毁
• 炸毀／炸毁 (zhàhuǐ)
• 焚毀／焚毁 (fénhuǐ)
• 燒毀／烧毁 (shāohuǐ)
• 痛毀極詆／痛毁极诋
• 眾毀所歸／众毁所归
• 砸毀／砸毁 (záhuǐ)
• 破璧毀珪／破璧毁珪
• 積毀銷骨／积毁销骨
• 自毀長城／自毁长城 (zìhuǐchángchéng)
• 裂冠毀冕／裂冠毁冕
• 覆巢毀卵／覆巢毁卵
• 詆毀／诋毁 (dǐhuǐ)
• 謗毀／谤毁
• 車毀人亡／车毁人亡 (chēhuǐrénwáng)
• 銷毀／销毁 (xiāohuǐ)
• 非毀／非毁
• 面譽背毀／面誉背毁
• 黃鐘毀棄／黄钟毁弃

 

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).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𭮳
Kyūjitai	毀

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 毀

毀

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭮳)

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)

Korean

Hanja

毀 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼)

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Vietnamese

Han character

毀: Hán Nôm readings: hủy/huỷ

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