Memory phrase for the Kanji: 敗


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Meaning defeat, lose, beaten, failure

Pronunciation

HAI
yaburu, yabureru

Explanation

Left: money (Image of a cone-shell with two feelers/antennas ), right: hit, strike (= a hand with a cane/stick )

Mnemonic


 
When the money/capital strikes, we are defeated.

Radicals

moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
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.)
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 Vocabulary

敗る やぶる  defeat, beat
敗れる やぶれる  to be defeated, to be beaten, to lose
敗北 はいぼく  defeat
勝敗 しょうはい  victory or defeat, issue (of battle)
失敗 しっぱい  failure, mistake, blunder
敗戦 はいせん  defeat, losing a war
腐敗 ふはい  decay, depravity


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