Read Edit View history Discussion 害 hàihé HSK3 injure Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a pointed spearhead. The distinguishing mark 口 was added later. Based on the original meaning "spearhead", now written as 𥎆. The meaning later shifted to "harm" and "injure". Pinyin Separate values with commas hài ×hai × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a spearhead. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 害 Simp strokes 害 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 害 Simp strokes 害 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 害 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 473, 852 ], [ 550, 804 ], [ 570, 777 ] ], [ [ 241, 701 ], [ 253, 669 ], [ 246, 639 ], [ 210, 565 ], [ 200, 503 ] ], [ [ 281, 640 ], [ 301, 654 ], [ 444, 682 ], [ 727, 722 ], [ 769, 723 ], [ 807, 707 ], [ 825, 681 ], [ 758, 600 ] ], [ [ 358, 539 ], [ 385, 532 ], [ 446, 534 ], [ 557, 551 ], [ 644, 573 ], [ 685, 569 ] ], [ [ 343, 426 ], [ 391, 418 ], [ 618, 458 ], [ 679, 453 ] ], [ [ 186, 285 ], [ 227, 276 ], [ 259, 278 ], [ 446, 311 ], [ 794, 347 ], [ 830, 345 ], [ 887, 329 ] ], [ [ 479, 628 ], [ 507, 611 ], [ 520, 593 ], [ 521, 460 ], [ 509, 243 ] ], [ [ 310, 198 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