毀

to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander

毁 = 臼 + 工 + 殳 : Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.

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毁

毀

huǐ = hu + ei3

to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander

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Add a new mnemonic for 毁 = 臼 + 殳

Add a new mnemonic for 毀 = 臼 + 土 + 殳

毀 character breakdown

毀
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 殳
  - 几
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇
- 臼

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

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土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

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

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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.

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殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

surname Shu

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殳

shu̅ = shu + Ø1

bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc

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殳 = 几 + 又 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu-) is practising his martial arts skills in front of the space station (-1). He's a specialist in the combined halberd (symbol for 殳) boxing style, and practises smashing tables (几) with his sucker punch (symbol for 又).

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臼

jiù = ji + ou4

mortar

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Joan of Arc (ji) uses a mortar (臼) to process some holy herbs in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

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