break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
毀 centers on physical damage and its consequences: breaking, destroying, or ruining something, and by extension, the act of censuring or speaking ill of someone as a form of social damage.
毀 combines 臼 (mortar), 土 (earth), and 殳 (a hand holding a weapon or tool), suggesting the act of striking or pounding something into pieces. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the components together convey breaking or destroying.
Picture a mortar (臼) filled with earth (土) being struck by a hand holding a tool (殳). The pounding breaks the earth into pieces, destroying it. This breaking can also represent damaging someone's reputation through censure.
For キ, imagine a key being used to break open a lock: key -> キ, and the lock is destroyed in the process.
damage; injury; defamation; harm
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
(crime of) defamation; libel; slander
losing weight and becoming bony because of grief
damaging documents; concealing documents; spoliation
(crime of) damaging or concealing documents; spoliation offense
to destroy; to break; to damage
nick; chip; scratch
to be chipped; to be nicked
injury; damage
breaking; demolishing; smashing; destroying; wrecking
destruction; demolition; damage
(crime of) damaging property; destruction of property
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
praise and censure; public criticisms
completely destroying by fire
defamation; libel; calumny; slander
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)