炸毁
zhà​huǐ

demolish

炸 zhà to fry in oil, explode

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
乍
乍 Sound component
zhà, zuò suddenly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs
zreːb

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

毁 huǐ destroy Simplified

Simplified form of 毀. Phonosemantic compound. 毇 represents the sound and 土 represents the meaning.

Components

毇
毇 SoundRemnant component
huǐ to pound rice
工
工 Simplified component
gōng work

Variant of the 土 component in the traditional character 毀.

Component uses

Sound (1)

燬

Meaning (1)

燬

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1191-1192
Readings & variants
Unicode

燬 huǐ burn down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 毁 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
毁
毁 SoundMeaning component
huǐ destroy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghmralʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“燬，火也。从火，毀聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)