敗 – failure, defeat, reversal

11 strokesTaught in grade 4#516 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 敗 means failure, defeat, reversal. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハイ (hai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やぶ.れる (yabureru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハイ	hai
Kun’yomi	やぶ.れる	yabureru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 貝・目・ハ・攵・乞.

Words using 敗

失敗しっぱいfailure敗はいloss勝敗しょうはいvictory or defeat敗戦はいせんdefeat敗北はいぼくdefeat腐敗ふはいdecomposition

Example sentences

１度や２度の失敗はだれにでもある。

Everybody fails once or twice.

Tatoeba #235715

勝敗は問題ではない。

It doesn't matter whether you win or not.

Tatoeba #147173

敗戦のうわさが広まった。

Rumors of defeat were abroad.

Tatoeba #121569

Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整攻故散救敏敬敵敷敢

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