# 敗 — Failure

Frequency rank 796 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 昨 (Previous), less common than 臣 (Servant).

- On’yomi: はい
- Kun’yomi: やぶ
- Radical: 攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A shellfish (貝) meets winter (攵) — the shellfish investment fails in the cold winter market, resulting in financial failure.

In words:

- 失敗 しっぱい — failure,mistake
- 敗戦 はいせん — defeat;losing a war
- 勝敗 しょうはい — victory or defeat,issue (of battle)

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