壞

huài = hu + ai4

bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost

坏 = 不 + 土 : In the airplane's bathroom, there is a clear sign that it is forbidden to enter the room with dirty feet. Helga Horse is quite spoiled though, so she enters right after she went to the muddy stables and spreads dirt all around.

壞 character breakdown

壞
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 褱

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

huái = hu + ai2

to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal

Characters with 壞 as component

壞 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 壞

damaged beyond repair

to smash / to shatter

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]

rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]

to become exhausted

to rot / to spoil / (fig.) to become corrupted

r

appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious / see also 蔫土匪[nian1 tu3 fei3]

to get worse / to degenerate

anemic necrosis

vice / immorality / moral turpitude

dilapidated / decrepit

sabotage; subversive activities

to smash; to shatter

Sentences with 壞

壞 currently does not appear in any sentence.