溃

潰
huì
#1,913 most
frequent character
used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4nong2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

溃 pairs 氵 water with 贵 guì, which supplies the sound, and first meant water breaking through a dam. From that came 'to break through', then being routed, then an ulcer eating through the stomach lining, and 'to fester'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

溃kuì
(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike

Homophones

HSK 1
会huì
can, be possible, be able to, will
汇huì
remit, converge, collection
汇huì
remit, converge, collection
慧huì
intelligent
绘huì
to draw, to paint, to depict

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