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。
     叔孙武叔毁仲尼。子贡曰：「无以为也！仲尼不可毁也。

     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.

     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):

(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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