摧

cuī

c+uī·1st tone

to break · to destroy

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 14

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

摧=扌+崔

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to break

to destroy

to devastate

to ravage

to repress

cuī

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Words with 摧 106 total

to ravage · to ruin摧残cuī cán to destroy; to wreck摧毁cuī huǐ

Idioms with 摧 35 total Chain

like breaking down a decayed stump · (as easy as) crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood · smash (the putrid forces) easily like breaking dry branches · sweep away all obstacles in the way · all-powerful摧枯拉朽cuī kū lā xiǔ