huǐ

burn down

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
火 meaning component

  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

毁 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

huǐ

  

destroy

Evolution

燬 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
燬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
燬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huǐ

burn down; blaze, fire

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huǐ

variant of |[huǐ]; to destroy by fire; a blaze

Most common words with 燬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to destroy

摧毁

to destroy

毁灭

to perish

销毁

to obliterate

烧毁

to burn