害

hài

h+ài·4th tone

to do harm to · to cause trouble to

Radical: 宀 Strokes: 10 HSK 5

Structure: Top-middle-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝

Same radical

家安定客官实密室寒容守宝宿宫宁

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Character Decomposition

害=宀+丰+口

Meanings

to do harm to

to cause trouble to

harm

evil

calamity

hài

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Words with 害 280 total

to slander · to defame and persecute谗害chán hài to kill secretly · to stab in the back暗害àn hài (agriculture) freezing injury冻害dòng hài damage · harm · CL: gè害处hài chu

Idioms with 害 48 total Chain

to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)病民害国bìng mín hài guó don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say不以辞害志bù yǐ cí hài zhì to harm people and damage property (idiom)残民害物cán mín hài wù jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)妒能害贤dù néng hài xián to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)蠹国害民dù guó hài mín to constrain and limit successful, capable people妨功害能fáng gōng hài néng