Memory phrase for the Kanji: 弊


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

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Top: shabby (.. when the cloth broke into four small pieces due to strikes ), below: two hands (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 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 that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick in the hand is easily cognizable.)
two handsTwo hands 屮 (with the fingers towards the top) simplified and combined.
cloth, width [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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