懂中文 Dong Chinese

潰

kuì

flooding river

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

貴 sound component

貴  Sound component

guì

  

expensive

Evolution

潰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潰 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
潰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

溃 (潰) 

kuì

flooding river; militarily defeat; to be dispersed; to break down; to fester; to ulcerate

Most common words with 潰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

崩溃

to collapse

溃疡

ulcer

溃

to fester

击溃

to defeat

溃烂

to fester