Chinese Character 败 Meanings and components.

Form

败

Meaning

败 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 败 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Bei (贝) , and (攵)

Its radical[1] is: 貝 (bei4) which means: Surname Bei, .貝bei4surname Bei

In cangjie it is written with BOOK

How to write 败

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

贝 + 攵 = 败

败 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

败
Pinyin:bai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Defeat . To Damage . To Lose (To An Opponent) . To Fail . To Wither
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
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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