Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
丯 口 宀 ⿳宀丰口
Mandarin
hai4, he2
English
Definitions
to harm; calamity; to cause trouble to; to do harm to; evil; suffer from; destroy; injure; kill
Mnemonic
To speak 口 of that which should only be counted 丯 in the house 宀
Etymology
Notes
This character denotes something coming out of the mouth causing injury (compare 言); the early forms are difficult to interpret; later forms interpret the top part as counting 丯 under a roof 宀