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毀 = 臼 + 土 + 殳

毀 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “destroy”. It is built from 臼 (mortar), 土 (soil) and 殳 (name of old weapon).

Keyword
destroy
Pinyin (Mandarin)
huǐ
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
destroy, ruin, injure, разрушать, травмировать, ruin, injure
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
毀 break

Decomposition

ids

  1. 臼 mortar
  2. 土 soil
  3. 殳 name of old weapon

How to find 毀 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mortar” + “soil” + “name of old weapon”. 毀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 毀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.