懂中文 Dong Chinese

坏

huài

rotten

Simplified form of 壞. Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 褱 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

不 simplified component

不  Simplified component

bù

  

no

Shorthand for the phonetic 褱 (huái) component in the traditional character 壞.

Evolution

坏 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
坏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坏 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
坏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

坏 (壞) 

huài

bad, spoil(ed), ruin, destroy; bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost

Most common words with 坏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

坏

bad

破坏

damage

坏人

bad person

坏事

bad thing

坏了

shoot!