The kanji 毀: meaning, readings and stroke order

毀

Meaning: break, speak ill of
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 殳 weapon, lance
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: phá hỏng, chê bai (hủy)
Japanese: こわす。わるくいう。
Korean: 헐다, 헐뜯다 (훼)
Chinese: 毁坏、诋毁 (毁)

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading · less common

毀き損そん
damage, harm (to a good name)
名よを 毀き損そんしてはいけません。
You must not damage someone's good name.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.