bài

be defeated

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 sound component

  Sound component

bèi

  

sea shell

攵 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tap

is a component form of .

Evolution

败 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
败 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
败 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
败 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
败 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
败 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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bài

be defeated, decline, fail; to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither

Most common words with 败
Freq.
Word
Meaning

失败

to lose

打败

to defeat

to defeat

击败

to defeat

腐败

corruption