坏 (huài) — Chinese Character

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.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 坏.

使坏

shǐ huài

压坏

yā huài

变坏

biàn huài

吃坏

chī huài

吓坏

xià huài

坏了

huài le

坏事

huài shì

坏人

huài rén

坏处

huài chu

坏掉

huài diào

坏死

huài sǐ

坏水

huài shuǐ

Characters that share the radical 土.

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