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击毁 (jī huǐ) — to destroy, to smash

Definition

verb
to destroyto smash

Examples

  • 击毁。
    Dí rén yòng dǎo dàn jī huǐ le nà zuò qiáo liáng.
    The enemy used missiles to destroy that bridge.
  • 击毁。
    Zhè chǎng fēng bào jī huǐ le shù shí jiān fáng wū.
    This storm destroyed dozens of houses.
  • 击毁。
    Tā men chéng gōng jī huǐ le dí rén de tǎn kè.
    They successfully destroyed the enemy's tanks.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

击jīstrike
毁huǐdestroy

击 gives the striking action, and 毁 supplies the destructive result, yielding smash or destroy.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
毄
毄jī擊jī
Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

Open 击 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 毀; 毁 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 毀 combines 臼 (cracked skull), 工 (tool), and 殳 (hand action) as a man being hit in the head; this explanation is about 毀, not the simplified 毁.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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