Chinese symbol for “destroy”
摧毁
cuī huǐ
Traditional: 摧毀
to destroy; to wreck
The closest CC-CEDICT match for destroy is 摧毁 (cuī huǐ), defined as: to destroy; to wreck.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “destroy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毁 (毀) | huǐ | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander |
| 残 (殘) | cán | to destroy; to spoil |
| 销毁 (銷毀) | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
| 毁掉 (毀掉) | huǐ diào | to destroy |
| 捣毁 (搗毀) | dǎo huǐ | to destroy; to smash |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 摧毁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
| 烧毁 (燒燬) | shāo huǐ | to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire |
| 销毁 (銷毀) | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “destroy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.