毀

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

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

• 毁 (Simplified Chinese)

• 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

• 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

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

• (to destroy):

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𭮳)

1. break, destroy, demolish

• 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)

毀 • (hwe) (hangeul 훼)

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毀: Hán Nôm readings: hủy/huỷ

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