摧 — Chinese character
摧
cuī
to destroy, to wreck
- Pinyin
- cuī
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 扌 崔
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 崔
- Japanese
- 摧 as a kanji
Common words with 摧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摧毁 (摧毀) | cuī huǐ | to destroy; to wreck |
| 摧残 (摧殘) | cuī cán | to ravage; to ruin |
| 坚不可摧 (堅不可摧) | jiān bù kě cuī | (idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable |
| 无坚不摧 (無堅不摧) | wú jiān bù cuī | no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do |
| 崩摧 | bēng cuī | to collapse; to shatter |
| 悲摧 | bēi cuī | grieved; miserable |
| 兰摧玉折 (蘭摧玉折) | lán cuī yù zhé | premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young |
English words written with 摧
摧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.