燬 meaning and stroke order
To burn down; flame, blaze
How to write 燬, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 燬
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to destroy by fire
How 燬 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Damage 毁 from fire 火; 毁 also provides the pronunciation.
Radical: 火 (fire), shared by 128 characters on this site.
How to remember 燬
Put fire 火 (huǒ) next to 毁 (huǐ, to destroy) and you get destruction by fire. The 毁 part also tells you the sound, huǐ.
燬 is a rare, literary character meaning to burn down. In modern Chinese, the fire meaning is almost always written with plain 毁, as in 烧毁 (shāohuǐ) and 炸毁 (zhàhuǐ). Example: 大火烧毁了房子。(Dà huǒ shāohuǐ le fángzi.) The big fire burned down the house.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 烧燬 in modern texts, but standard simplified Chinese uses 烧毁 with plain 毁. Also do not confuse 毁 (huǐ, destroy) with 悔 (huǐ, regret), which share the same sound and tone.
Common words with 燬
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 燬
How many strokes are in 燬?
燬 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 燬 mean?
燬 (huǐ) means to burn down; flame, blaze. A common word with it is 烧毁 (shāohuǐ), meaning "to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire".
How do you pronounce 燬?
燬 is pronounced huǐ, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 燬?
The radical of 燬 is 火, which carries the idea of "fire". Dictionaries list 燬 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 燬?
燬 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 毁, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 燬 the same as 毁?
In meaning they overlap, since 燬 is specifically destroying by fire. In mainland standard usage, 燬 has been merged into 毁, so you will mostly see 燬 in older or classical texts.
Will I see 燬 in everyday Chinese?
Rarely. You may meet it in classical literature or some older writing, but newspapers and modern books use 毁 instead.