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敗

failure
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingハイ
Kun readingやぶ.れる
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. failureRtK
  2. defeat
  3. reversal
  1. to be defeated
  2. to be beaten
  3. to be unsuccessful
  4. to lose

Popular Usage

失敗勝敗一敗

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 353

Compound words

失敗しっぱい
failure; mistake; blunder
勝敗しょうはい
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
一敗いっぱい
one defeat
完敗かんぱい
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
惜敗せきはい
regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin
敗因はいいん
cause of defeat
敗者はいしゃ
loser; defeated person; the defeated
敗戦はいせん
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
敗訴はいそ
loss of a (legal) case
敗退はいたい
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
敗北はいぼく
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
腐敗ふはい
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; spoilage; corruption
連敗れんぱい
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
惨敗ざんぱい
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
大敗たいはい
crushing defeat
敗れるやぶれる
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
失敗談しっぱいだん
failure story; horror story

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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