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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 敗 U+6557 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 䢙 Semantic variant | 貝 Semantic variant | 贁 Semantic variant | 败 Simplified character | 𤖐 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 攴+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.386#46 p.387#19 Kangxi: p.471#15 Cihai: p.604r6c01 GSR: 320.f Hanyu: v2,p1462#02 |
| Composition: | Left: 贝, right: 攵. Component of: 𠼚 𡏯 𪦚 𬄎 𠮆 𡫄 𤼹 𥨇 闝 |
| Mandarin: | bài ㄅㄞˋ |
| Cantonese: | baai6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | bhài |
| Shuowen: | 《攴部》败：毁也。从攴、贝。败、贼皆从贝，会意。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·去声·夬·败》败：自破曰败。《说文》毁也，薄迈切，又北迈切，四。 《广韵·去声·夬·败》败：破他曰败。补迈切。又音呗。一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·攴部·七》败：〔古文〕贁贝𤖐《广韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤簿迈切，音浿。《说文》毁也。《尔雅·释言》覆也。《释名》溃也。又坏也。《玉篇》破也。《增韵》损也。又颓也。《易·需卦》敬愼不败也。《书·大禹谟》反道败德。又《左传·文十年司败注》𨻰楚名司𡨥爲司败。《论语》𨻰司败问，昭公知礼乎。又《尔雅·释器》肉谓之败。《注》臭坏。《论语》鱼馁而肉败。又《广韵》补迈切《集韵》北迈切《韵会》《正韵》布怪切，𠀤音拜。破他曰败。《增韵》凡物不自败而败之，则北迈切。物自毁坏，则薄迈切。《诗·召南》勿翦勿败。《音义》败，必迈反。又《左传·庄十一年》凡师敌未𨻰曰败，大崩曰败绩。《颜氏家训》江南学士读左传，口相传述，自爲凡例。军自败曰败，打破人军曰败，读补败反，诸记传未见补败反。徐仙民读左氏，唯一处有此音。又不言自败败人之别，此爲穿凿耳。又《韵补》叶蒲昧切。《荀子·赋篇》功立而身废，事成而家败。弃其耆老，收其后世。 |
| Fanqie: | 薄迈 (《广韵·去声·夬·败》) 北迈 (《广韵·去声·夬·败》) 补迈 (《广韵·去声·夬·败》) |
| Unihan definition: | be defeated, decline, fail |
Example usage
| 《论语·述而》: | 陈司败问昭公知礼乎？ |
| The minister of crime of Chen asked whether the duke Zhao knew propriety. | |
| 《孟子·尽心下》: | 梁惠王以土地之故，糜烂其民而战之，大败，将复之，恐不能胜，故驱其所爱子弟以殉之，是之谓以其所不爱及其所爱也。 |
| 'The king Hui of Liang, for the matter of territory, tore and destroyed his people, leading them to battle. Sustaining a great defeat, he would engage again, and afraid lest they should not be able to secure the victory, urged his son whom he loved till he sacrificed him with them. This is what I call "beginning with what they do not care for, and proceeding to what they care for."' | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 叶公之顾命曰：‘毋以小谋败大作，毋以嬖御人疾庄后，毋以嬖御士疾庄士、大夫、卿士。’ |
| The duke of She in his dying charge said, "Do not by little counsels ruin great enterprises; do not for the sake of a favourite concubine provoke queen Zhuang; do not for the sake of a favourite officer provoke your grave officers - the Great officers or high ministers." | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 謣言败俗，謣好败则，姑息败德。 |
| Recklessly exaggerated speech destroys societal norms. Unrestrained desires destroy the law. Self-indulgence destroys de. | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 冬，与越人水战，大败越人，裂地而封之。 |
| And in the winter he had an engagement with that of Yue, on which he inflicted a great defeat, and was invested with a portion of territory taken from Yue. | |
| 《道德经》: | 天下神器，不可为也，为者败之，执者失之。 |
| The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it. | |
| 《商君书·垦令》: | 禄厚而税多，食口众者，败农者也。 |
| If salaries are liberal and consequently taxes numerous, then the large number of persons who live on others would mean ruin for agriculture. | |
| 《孙子兵法·始计》: | 将不听吾计，用之必败，去之。 |
| The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat - let such a one be dismissed! | |
| 《史记·殷本纪》: | 桀败于有娀之虚，桀奔于鸣条，夏师败绩。 |
| Jie was defeated in the wilds of Yousong, and fled to Mingtiao. The army of Xia being entirely defeated. | |
| 《荀子·赋》: | 功立而身废，事成而家败。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 师大败亦然。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 秦穆侮蹇叔而大败。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 军败卒乱，将之忧也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·礼察》: | 故以旧防为无用而坏之者，必有水败。 |
| 《白虎通德论·谏诤》: | 故《论语》曰：“陈司败问昭公知礼乎？” |
| 《新书·大政上》: | 夫民之于其上也，接而惧，必走去，战由此败也。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 君王能自陈以东傅海尽与韩信，睢阳以北至谷城尽与彭越，使各自为战，则楚易败也。 |
| 《中论·法象》: | 祸败之由也，则有媟慢以为阶，可无慎乎！ |
| 《孔子家语·始诛》: | 三军大败，不可斩也。 |
| 《潜夫论·遏利》: | 是贪民也，必将败其类。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 春秋之时，败绩之军，死者蔽草，尸且万数。 |
| 《太玄经·戾》: | 测曰，“仓灵之雌”、失作败也。 |
| 《风俗通义·五伯》: | 而缪公受郑甘言，置戎而去，违黄发之计，而遇淆之败，杀贤臣百里奚，以子车氏为殉，《诗·黄鸟》之所为作，故谥曰“缪”。 |
| 《孔丛子·儒服》: | 子高任司马乂为将于齐，与燕战而败。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 伪乱俗，私坏法，放越轨，奢败制，四者不除，则政末由行矣。 |
| 《忠经·辨忠章》: | 是虽有其能，以不忠而败也。 |
| 《素书·原始章》: | 贤人君子，明于盛衰之道，通乎成败之数，审乎治乱之势，达乎去就之理。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 夫谋事不并仁义者后必败，殖不固本而立高基者后必崩。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·蝉赋》: | 声嘶嗌以沮败，体枯燥以冰凝。 |
| 《墨子·经说下》: | 贾也宜不宜正2欲不欲，若败邦鬻室嫁子。 |
| 《列子·力命》: | 公子纠败，召忽死之，吾幽囚受辱。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 先无怨雠之患，后无毁名败行之咎。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 和阴阳，节四时，调五行，润乎草木，浸乎金石，禽兽硕大，毫毛润泽，鸟卵不败，兽胎不殰，父无丧子之忧，兄无哭弟之哀，童子不孤，妇人不孀，虹霓不见，盗贼不行，含德之所致也。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 为者必败，执者必失。 |
| 《列仙传·瑕丘仲》: | 地动舍坏，仲及里中数十家屋临水，皆败。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 为者败之，以有为治之，则败其质性。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 然则是赵举，赵举则韩亡，韩亡则荆、魏不能独立，荆、魏不能独立则是一举而坏韩、蠹魏、拔荆，东以弱齐、燕，决白马之口以沃魏氏，是一举而三晋亡，从者败也。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 三败，杀君二重臣，定社稷者吾，此皆以孤突之地封者也，故山地者山也，水地者泽也。 |
| 《吴子·料敌》: | 轻进速退，弊而劳之，勿与战争，其军可败。 |
| 《六韬·国务》: | 太公曰：“利而勿害，成而勿败，生而勿杀，与而勿夺，乐而勿苦，喜而勿怒。” |
| 《司马法·天子之义》: | 大败不诛，上下皆以不善在己。 |
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