Chinese Character 敗 Meanings and components.

Form

敗

Meaning

敗 meaning[3] in English

To Defeat.

To Damage.

To Lose (To An Opponent).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 敗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (貝) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 攵 (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with BCOK

How to write 敗

To write敗bai4to defeat you should write a combination of 貝bei4surname Bei , 攵pu1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

貝 + 攵 = 敗

敗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 敗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 敗, looks as follow:

敗
Pinyin:bai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Defeat . To Damage . To Lose (To An Opponent) . To Fail . To Wither
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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