毀
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huǐ · to damage, to ruin

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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殳Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 毀

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Example sentences

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Tā mén bǎ wǒ de hǎo rìzi huǐ le.他們把我的好日子毀了。

They ruined my life.

Source: Tatoeba #5613654 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de xíng xiàng quán huǐ le.他的形象全毀了。

His image is completely ruined.

Source: Tatoeba #5672805 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén yǐ qián zhù de fángzi bèi chāi huǐ le.我們以前住的房子被拆毀了。

The house in which we lived was torn down.

Source: Tatoeba #470261 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shā mǐ huǐ le lái lā de rén shēng.莎米毀了萊拉的人生。

Sami destroyed Layla's life.

Source: Tatoeba #13523592 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Guó wáng cuī huǐ le tā de dí rén.國王摧毀了他的敵人。

The king crushed his enemies.

Source: Tatoeba #793939 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de fēi jī zài shān shàng zhuì huǐ.他的飛機在山上墜毀。

His airplane crashed in the mountains.

Source: Tatoeba #1182719 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 毀 in context

  1. Say huǐ, then recall the core meaning: to damage, to ruin.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 毀 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.