A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 11 strokes

Failure ; Defeat ; Reversal

Readings on: ハイ
Kun readings: やぶ.れる

敗北はいぼく — defeat

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 失敗しっぱい — error; bankruptcy; making a mistake Word card → Source
• 敗北はいぼく — defeat; loss Source
• 敗者はいしゃ — loser; defeated Source
• 完敗かんぱい — complete defeat Source
• 敗訴はいそ — lose a trial Source
• 惜敗せきはい — narrow defeat Source