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毁 (huǐ): To destroy — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 毁

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How to write 毁 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 毁

毁 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
毁=臼mortar+殳hand holding a weapon+土earth

The hand (殳) smashes the earthenware (臼) and the soil (土) — to destroy or ruin something completely.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 毁

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 毁

HSK words that contain this character.

毁灭

huǐ miè

destroy; exterminate; ruin

HSK 6

销毁

xiāo huǐ

destroy by melting or burning

HSK 6

摧毁

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 毁 is used in context

shì事
gù故
dǎo导
zhì致
tā他
yán严
zhòng重

Information

Pinyinhuǐ
Meaningto destroy
Strokes13
Radical殳
Traditional毀
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2444
Zhuyinㄏㄨㄟˇ
UnicodeU+6BC1
CangjieYRHUI
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cuī huǐ

Destroy / Wreck

HSK 3.0 L7-9

毁坏

huǐ huài

To destroy / to ruin

HSK 3.0 L7-9

烧毁

shāo huǐ

burn down / destroy by fire

HSK 3.0 L7-9
huǐ毁
róng容
。

The accident caused severe facial disfigurement

zhàn战
zhēng争
huì会
huǐ毁
miè灭
zhěng整
gè个
chéng城
shì市
。

War can destroy entire cities

hóng洪
shuǐ水
huǐ毁
huài坏
le了
zhè这
zuò座
qiáo桥
liáng梁
。

The flood damaged this bridge

nà那
chǎng场
dà大
huǒ火
jī几
hū乎
huǐ毁
le了
zhěng整
zuò座
lǎo老
fáng房
zi子
。

That big fire almost destroyed the entire old house.

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