bài

to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither

Radical: 贝 HSK 4 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

败 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 败

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 败.

倒败
dǎo bài
击败
jī bài
大败
dà bài
失败
shī bài
完败
wán bài
开败
kāi bài
惨败
cǎn bài
成败
chéng bài
战败
zhàn bài
打败
dǎ bài
挠败
náo bài
挫败
cuò bài

Related characters (radical 贝)

Characters that share the radical .

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