Memory phrase for the Kanji: 弊
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弊 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)
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Pronunciation |
HEI
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Explanation |
Top: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 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.
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Radicals
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敝
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shabby | |
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攵
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Stick in a hand | The radical nobun shows a hand  or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.) |
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廾
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two hands | Two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) simplified and combined. |
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巾
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cloth, width | 巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
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