毀
Mnemonic
A fortress of packed earth stands defiant. You load a mortar cannon, firing massive rounds that crack open its walls. Then you charge through the breach swinging a tomahawk, hacking at every beam and pillar to demolish the structure into absolute rubble and dust.
Additional thoughts
Imagine the sequence: earth walls blasted by mortar fire, then the tomahawk chopping through the remaining framework. Each radical contributes a stage of total destruction.Quick recall
Blast earth walls with a mortar, then hack through with a tomahawk to demolish everything.Details
The keyword for 毀 is demolish. This kanji conveys the act of destroying, tearing down, or breaking something apart, whether physically or figuratively. It can refer to the destruction of buildings or objects, but it also extends to the idea of ruining someone's reputation or slandering them. The character carries a sense of deliberate and thorough destruction, reducing something to a state where it no longer functions or exists in its original form.
- On'yomi
- き
- Kun'yomi
- こぼ.つ、こわ.す、こぼ.れる、こわ.れる、そし.る、やぶ.る