害
hàiTraditional: 害
#5062 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to harm; harmful (bound morpheme)
Stroke order
害
Examples
暗。
I'm afraid of the dark.
。
His words hurt me.
。
Her way of speaking is really impressive.
抽烟健康。
Smoking is harmful to your health.
惨。
He was hurt badly by someone.
害 (hài) carries the sense of harm or damage. It rarely stands alone but powers 害怕 (to fear), 伤害 (to hurt), and the colloquial 厉害, which can mean fierce, severe, or impressively skilled.
Related words
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 害.
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