毁
huǐ HSK6

destroy

毁 (毀) huǐ frequency
destroy verb
to destroy, ruin, or damage something completely

由于这个错误的决定，他亲手毁了自己的大好前程。

yóu​yú zhè​gè cuò​wù de jué​dìng, tā qīn​shǒu huǐ le zì​jǐ de dà​hǎo qián​chéng.

Because of this wrong decision, he personally ruined his own bright future.

defame idiom
to defame, slander, or damage someone's reputation

毁誉参半是人们对他评价的常态。

huǐ yù cān​bàn shì rén​men duì tā píng​jià de cháng​tài.

Mixed reviews are the typical public perception of him.

毁 (燬) huǐ
incinerate verb
to destroy by fire

那座古庙被大火毁了。

nà zuò gǔ miào bèi dà huǒ huǐ le.

The ancient temple was destroyed by fire.

毁 (譭) huǐ
defame verb
to damage someone's reputation by making false or negative statements

毁人名誉是不道德的行为。

huǐ rén míng​yù shì bù​dào​dé de xíng​wéi.

Damaging someone's reputation is immoral.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,160th most common 122.9 per million
Movie subtitles
809th most common 154.2 per million appears in 51% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
114.3 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
21.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
毀
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+6BC1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)