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敗

敗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. やぶれる。まける。
  2. しくじる。だめになる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「攴」+音符「貝」。「やぶる」「そこなう」を意味する漢語｛敗｝、および「やぶれる」「まける」を意味する漢語｛敗｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

failure, defeat, reversal

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ハイElem.
Kun (native)
  • やぶ(れる)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音bai4
  • 한글pae
  • Hán-ViệtBại

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
攴(のぶん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6557

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰貝攵

Words using this kanji

  • 敗戦はいせん戦争や試合に負けること。 大規模な失敗。defeat, lost battle, losing a war
  • 敗北はいぼく負けること。defeat, loss, reverse, setback
  • 敗因はいいん敗北した原因。敗けた原因。cause of defeat
  • 敗者はいしゃ勝負などに敗れた者。敗北者。敗残者。loser, defeated person, the defeated
  • 敗退はいたい負けて、退くこと。 (スポーツの大会などで)負けて次の段階へ進めなくなること。being defeated, being eliminated (from competition)
  • 敗訴はいそ訴訟で当方に不利な判決を与えられること。loss of a (legal) case
  • 敗れるやぶれるto be defeated, to be beaten, to be unsuccessful, to lose
  • 敗血症はいけつしょうsepsis, septicemia, blood poisoning
  • 敗残はいざん戦いに敗れても生き残ること。 廃残すること。survival after defeat, decline (of a person, business, etc.), ruin
  • 敗走はいそう戦いに敗れ逃走すること。flight, rout, debacle
  • 敗はいloss, defeat, counter for losses
  • 敗軍はいぐんdefeat, lost battle, defeated army
  • 敗亡はいぼう（はいぼう）戦いに負けて滅びること。 （はいもう）狼狽えること。 （はいもう）忘れ去ること。defeat (in battle)
  • 敗色はいしょく敗北しそうな気配。負け色。signs of defeat, negative turn of events
  • 敗将はいしょう戦いに敗れた軍勢の大将。defeated general
  • 敗報はいほう戦いに負けた知らせ。news of defeat
  • 敗滅はいめつ負けて滅びること。scattered or crushed in defeat
  • 敗衄はいじく戦に敗れること。defeat, loss
  • 敗れやぶれloss, defeat
  • 敗着はいちゃく負けの原因となった悪手。losing move (go, shogi), move that costs one the game

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
6884.0
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7b4.1
Heisig
353
Nelson
4494