漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
敗: failure, defeat
Also: reversal
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 貝 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 勝敗しょうはいvictory or defeat
- 敗戦はいせんdefeat (in war)
- 敗北するはいぼくするbe defeated [v.i.]
- 腐敗するふはいするdecay [v.i.]
- 失敗するしっぱいするfail, make a mistake
やぶれるyabureru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 敗れるやぶれるbe defeated [v.i.]
- 敗るやぶるdefeat [v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)貝 (sound) + 攴 strike, as 攵 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 敗 (rev. 90252882), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
敗 takes the 貝 family's reading, ハイ (hai).
Also read ハイ
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side敗 failure · 攵
vs費 expense · 弗In ChineseSimplified 败 · traditional, as in Japanese · bài
Japan keeps the traditional form 敗; mainland China simplifies it to 败.
- Simplified
- 败 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 敗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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