Kanji N3

敗: failure, defeat, reversal

敗 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning failure, defeat, reversal, written with 11 strokes. It is read ハイ (on) and やぶれる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 失敗 (しっぱい, failure) and 敗戦 (はいせん, defeat).

敗

Meanings

  • failure
  • defeat
  • reversal
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#516 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • やぶれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 敗

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 失敗しっぱい

    failure; mistake; blunder

    JLPT N4
  • 敗戦はいせん

    defeat; lost battle; losing a war

    JLPT N1
  • 勝敗しょうはい

    victory or defeat

    JLPT N2
  • 腐敗ふはい

    decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence

    JLPT N1
  • 一敗いっぱい

    one defeat

    JLPT N1
  • 連敗れんぱい

    consecutive defeats; series of defeats

  • 敗北はいぼく

    defeat; loss; reverse; setback

  • 敗因はいいん

    cause of defeat

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.