坏

huài

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

Radical: 土 HSK 1 a, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

坏 decomposes into the following components:

土 不

Semantic component: 土; phonetic component: 不.

Words containing 坏

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 坏.

使坏
shǐ huài
to play dirty tricks
压坏
yā huài
to crush
变坏
biàn huài
to get worse
吃坏
chī huài
to get sick because of bad food
吓坏
xià huài
to be really frightened
坏了
huài le
坏事
huài shì
to ruin sth
坏人
huài rén
an evil-doer
坏处
huài chu
harm
坏掉
huài diào
spoilt
坏死
huài sǐ
necrosis
坏水
huài shuǐ
evil tricks

Related characters (radical 土)

Characters that share the radical 土.

土 圣 圤 在 圩 圪 圬 圭 圮 圯 地 圳 圹 场 圻 圼 圾 址 坂 均 坊 坌 坍 坎

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