Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 弊


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Meaning

evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Top: shabby (.. when the cloth broke into four small pieces due to strikes ), below: two hands (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers towards the top; side by side & simplified)

Mnemonic

If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.

Radicals

shabby
Stick in a hand(The radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.))
two hands(Two hands 屮 (with the fingers towards the top) simplified and combined.)
width( [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".)
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