Hanja Analyzer
弊

弊 — pye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
폐단/해질 폐
Romanization
pye
English
evil, wrong, bad; criminal
Mandarin
bì
Japanese on'yomi
ヘイ, ハイ, ヘツ
Japanese kun'yomi
やぶれる たおれる つかれる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,750 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
廾 (55, 12 residual)
Unicode
U+5F0A

Parts that make up 弊

  • 敝 해질 폐 두드려 해진 헝겊‘폐·별’ 계열의 소리
  • 廾 맞잡은 두 손두 손으로 받쳐 드는 일

How 弊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 弊 as a ideographic compound involving 敝, 廾.

Korean example words with 弊

  • 사폐事弊 Korean gloss: 일의 폐단
  • 악폐惡弊 Korean gloss: 나쁜 폐단
  • 폐원弊源 Korean gloss: 폐해의 근원
  • 후폐後弊 Korean gloss: 뒷날의 폐단
  • 동폐洞弊 Korean gloss: 동네 안의 폐단
  • 이폐貽弊 Korean gloss: 남에게 폐를 끼침
  • 폐습弊習 Korean gloss: 폐해가 많은 풍습
  • 폐정弊政 Korean gloss: 폐단이 많은 정치
  • 폐풍弊風 Korean gloss: 폐해가 많은 풍습
  • 민폐民弊 Korean gloss: 민간에 끼치는 폐해
  • 폐해弊害 Korean gloss: 폐단으로 생기는 해
  • 유폐遺弊 Korean gloss: 예전부터 내려오는 폐단

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 弊

  • 弊害へいがい harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice
  • 疲弊ひへい exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment
  • 悪弊あくへい corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom
  • 病弊びょうへい evil influence; ill effect
  • 弊社へいしゃ our company; our firm
  • 弊へい bad habit; harm; my
  • 旧弊きゅうへい old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways
  • 語弊ごへい faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
  • 百弊ひゃくへい all evils
  • 弊衣へいい worn-out clothes; shabby clothes
  • 余弊よへい resulting evil; holdover
  • 弊習へいしゅう corrupt practices; bad habit

Other hanja read “폐”

Other hanja with radical 廾

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