Memory phrase for the Kanji: 弊


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Meaning

harm, defeat, detriment, fraud

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands (twice this hand next to each-other and combined)

Mnemonic

The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed.

Radicals

shabby, poor(modest) I, myself
rap, strikeShows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are:
two handstwice this hand (with the fingers towards the top) side by side & simplified.
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Vocabulary

 弊病  bì bìng  malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage
 弊端  bì duān  malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
 流弊  liú bì  malpractice; long-running abuse
 流弊  liú bì  

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