Memory phrase for the character: 弊


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Meaning

evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; side by side & simplified)

Mnemonic


 
If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.

Radicals

shabby
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)
two handsEven though the radical actually was developed from feet, it is here understood as two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 upwards, simplified and combined).
cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
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 Vocabulary

弊害 へいがい  harmful effect; harmful influence

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