毀 — break, destroy, censure

き毀 break

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+6BC0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #1532 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

break
destroy
censure
be chipped
be scratched
be broken
be ruined

word

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

毀(き) 損(そん) kison damage

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

うす臼 mortar #134

つち土 earth #32

殳 weapon

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#79 殳 weapon