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溃

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(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,457 U+6E83

How 溃 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 贵 (phonetic, guì)

components: 氵 贵

How to remember it

burst · Heisig RSH #2745

水 water + 贵 expensive

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 贵

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 贵 (guì) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
贵 sound component guì expensive, costly; valuable, precious
匮 kuì to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty
聩 kuì deaf
篑 kuì a bamboo basket for carrying soil
蒉 kuì edible amaranth; straw basket
愦 kuì confused, muddle-headed; troubled
缋 huì to sketch, to paint, to draw; multicolored

Words containing 溃

WordPinyinMeaning
溃不成军 kuì bù chéng jūn (idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué (lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may …
精神崩溃 jīng shén bēng kuì nervous breakdown
一触即溃 yī chù jí kuì to collapse on the first encounter; to give way at once
溃军 kuì jūn routed troops
溃兵 kuì bīng routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops
溃散 kuì sàn (of troops) to be routed and dispersed
击溃 jī kuì to defeat; to smash; to rout
溃败 kuì bài to be utterly defeated; to be routed
溃决 kuì jué (of a dike or dam) to burst
溃敌 kuì dí to rout the enemy
溃逃 kuì táo to flee in disorder
溃烂 kuì làn to fester; to ulcerate
口腔溃疡 kǒu qiāng kuì yáng canker sore
崩溃 bēng kuì to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
溃坝 kuì bà (of a dam) to be breached; to burst
溃脓 huì nóng (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate
溃疡 kuì yáng ulcer; to ulcerate