敗 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
- On
- ハイはい · hai
- Kun
- やぶ(れる)yabu(reru)
- Meaning
- defeat, lose, fail
Stroke order
Origin
Semantic-phonetic. The strike element 攵 combined with 貝 (shell). Something struck and broken → to be defeated.
Readings and examples
| Onハイはいhai | 敗北はいぼく腐敗ふはい失敗しっぱい |
|---|---|
| Kunやぶれるyabureru | 敗れるやぶれる Compare: 破れる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 失敗しっぱい
failure
- 勝敗しょうはい
victory or defeat
- 腐敗ふはい
- 惜敗せきはい
- 敗衄はいじく
Example
失敗しても、あきらめないことが大切だ。
Even if you fail, it is important not to give up.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)