TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
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ㄏㄨㄟˇ · huǐ
verb — to destroy, ruin; to defame
字源 FORM — what the parts do
臼義a mortar — the hollow you pound in
殳義a hand gripping a pestle-tool — to pound
A mortar (臼), earth (土) inside, a hand pounding with a tool (殳) — pound until it breaks: to destroy, to ruin. 毀滅, 毀壞. From wrecking a thing, to wreck a name: 毀謗, to defame.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
土（土）倒進臼裡（臼），一杵一杵搗（殳）——搗成碎，毀。
Earth (土) tipped into the mortar (臼), pounded blow on blow (殳) — pounded to bits, destroyed.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)毀壞、毀滅— to destroy, ruin常用
→燒毀、摧毀— to burn down; to demolish
⇒毀謗、詆毀— to defame, slander — to wreck a name
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension