敗 — failure, defeat, reversal

はい敗 failure

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes war

U+6557 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #516 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #353 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

failure
defeat
reversal

word

はい・ぱい hai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

敗(はい) hai defeat 失(しっ) 敗(ぱい) shippai failure 敗(はい) 戦(せん) haisen defeat 敗(はい) 北(ぼく) haiboku defeat 連(れん) 敗(ぱい) renpai consecutive defeats 勝(しょう) 敗(はい) shouhai victory or defeat 敗(はい) 退(たい) haitai defeat 敗(はい) 訴(そ) haiso losing a lawsuit

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

敗(やぶ) れる yabureru to be defeated

Appears in idioms

失敗は成功のもと諺

Failure is the foundation of success

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

かい貝 shellfish #154

攵 strike

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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敗 — failure, defeat, reversal

Meanings

word

はい・ぱい hai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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敗 — failure, defeat, reversal

Meanings

word

はい ・ぱい hai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

やぶ yabu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

はい・ぱい hai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).