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敗

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 796 / 2,608

Failure

On’yomi
はい
Kun’yomi
やぶ
Radical
攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)

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

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

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,mistakeN4
敗戦 はいせん defeat;losing a warN1
勝敗 しょうはい victory or defeat,issue (of battle)N2

敗 is rank 796 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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