| Chinese Text Project |
| 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: 貝, right: 攵. Component of: 𠼚 𡏯 𪦚 𬄎 𠮆 𡫄 𤼹 𥨇 闝 |
| Mandarin: | bài ㄅㄞˋ |
| Cantonese: | baai6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | bhài |
| Shuowen: | 《攴部》敗：毀也。从攴、貝。敗、賊皆从貝，會意。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·夬·敗》敗：自破曰敗。《說文》毀也，薄邁切，又北邁切，四。 《廣韻·去聲·夬·敗》敗：破他曰敗。補邁切。又音唄。一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·攴部·七》敗：〔古文〕贁貝𤖐《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤簿邁切，音浿。《說文》毀也。《爾雅·釋言》覆也。《釋名》潰也。又壞也。《玉篇》破也。《增韻》損也。又頹也。《易·需卦》敬愼不敗也。《書·大禹謨》反道敗德。又《左傳·文十年司敗註》𨻰楚名司𡨥爲司敗。《論語》𨻰司敗問，昭公知禮乎。又《爾雅·釋器》肉謂之敗。《註》臭壞。《論語》魚餒而肉敗。又《廣韻》補邁切《集韻》北邁切《韻會》《正韻》布怪切，𠀤音拜。破他曰敗。《增韻》凡物不自敗而敗之，則北邁切。物自毀壞，則薄邁切。《詩·召南》勿翦勿敗。《音義》敗，必邁反。又《左傳·莊十一年》凡師敵未𨻰曰敗，大崩曰敗績。《顏氏家訓》江南學士讀左傳，口相傳述，自爲凡例。軍自敗曰敗，打破人軍曰敗，讀補敗反，諸記傳未見補敗反。徐仙民讀左氏，唯一處有此音。又不言自敗敗人之別，此爲穿鑿耳。又《韻補》叶蒲昧切。《荀子·賦篇》功立而身廢，事成而家敗。棄其耆老，收其後世。 |
| Fanqie: | 薄邁 (《廣韻·去聲·夬·敗》) 北邁 (《廣韻·去聲·夬·敗》) 補邁 (《廣韻·去聲·夬·敗》) |
| Unihan definition: | be defeated, decline, fail |
Example usage
| 《論語·述而》: | 陳司敗問昭公知禮乎？ |
| The minister of crime of Chen asked whether the duke Zhao knew propriety. | |
| 《孟子·盡心下》: | 梁惠王以土地之故，糜爛其民而戰之，大敗，將復之，恐不能勝，故驅其所愛子弟以殉之，是之謂以其所不愛及其所愛也。 |
| '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."' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 葉公之顧命曰：『毋以小謀敗大作，毋以嬖御人疾莊后，毋以嬖御士疾莊士、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." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 謣言敗俗，謣好敗則，姑息敗德。 |
| Recklessly exaggerated speech destroys societal norms. Unrestrained desires destroy the law. Self-indulgence destroys de. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 冬，與越人水戰，大敗越人，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. | |
| 《道德經》: | 天下神器，不可為也，為者敗之，執者失之。 |
| 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. | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 祿厚而稅多，食口眾者，敗農者也。 |
| If salaries are liberal and consequently taxes numerous, then the large number of persons who live on others would mean ruin for agriculture. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 將不聽吾計，用之必敗，去之。 |
| The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat - let such a one be dismissed! | |
| 《史記·殷本紀》: | 桀敗於有娀之虛，桀奔於鳴條，夏師敗績。 |
| Jie was defeated in the wilds of Yousong, and fled to Mingtiao. The army of Xia being entirely defeated. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 功立而身廢，事成而家敗。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 師大敗亦然。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 秦穆侮蹇叔而大敗。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 軍敗卒亂，將之憂也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 故以舊防為無用而壞之者，必有水敗。 |
| 《白虎通德論·諫諍》: | 故《論語》曰：「陳司敗問昭公知禮乎？」 |
| 《新書·大政上》: | 夫民之於其上也，接而懼，必走去，戰由此敗也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 君王能自陳以東傅海盡與韓信，睢陽以北至穀城盡與彭越，使各自為戰，則楚易敗也。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 禍敗之由也，則有媟慢以為階，可無慎乎！ |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 三軍大敗，不可斬也。 |
| 《潛夫論·遏利》: | 是貪民也，必將敗其類。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 春秋之時，敗績之軍，死者蔽草，尸且萬數。 |
| 《太玄經·戾》: | 測曰，「倉靈之雌」、失作敗也。 |
| 《風俗通義·五伯》: | 而繆公受鄭甘言，置戎而去，違黃髮之計，而遇殽之敗，殺賢臣百里奚，以子車氏為殉，《詩·黃鳥》之所為作，故謚曰「繆」。 |
| 《孔叢子·儒服》: | 子高任司馬乂為將於齊，與燕戰而敗。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 偽亂俗，私壞法，放越軌，奢敗制，四者不除，則政末由行矣。 |
| 《忠經·辨忠章》: | 是雖有其能，以不忠而敗也。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 賢人君子，明於盛衰之道，通乎成敗之數，審乎治亂之勢，達乎去就之理。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 夫謀事不並仁義者後必敗，殖不固本而立高基者後必崩。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·蟬賦》: | 聲嘶嗌以沮敗，體枯燥以冰凝。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 賈也宜不宜正2欲不欲，若敗邦鬻室嫁子。 |
| 《列子·力命》: | 公子糾敗，召忽死之，吾幽囚受辱。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 先無怨讎之患，後無毀名敗行之咎。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 和陰陽，節四時，調五行，潤乎草木，浸乎金石，禽獸碩大，毫毛潤澤，鳥卵不敗，獸胎不殰，父無喪子之憂，兄無哭弟之哀，童子不孤，婦人不孀，虹蜺不見，盜賊不行，含德之所致也。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 為者必敗，執者必失。 |
| 《列仙傳·瑕丘仲》: | 地動舍壞，仲及里中數十家屋臨水，皆敗。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 為者敗之，以有為治之，則敗其質性。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 然則是趙舉，趙舉則韓亡，韓亡則荊、魏不能獨立，荊、魏不能獨立則是一舉而壞韓、蠹魏、拔荊，東以弱齊、燕，決白馬之口以沃魏氏，是一舉而三晉亡，從者敗也。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 三敗，殺君二重臣，定社稷者吾，此皆以孤突之地封者也，故山地者山也，水地者澤也。 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 輕進速退，弊而勞之，勿與戰爭，其軍可敗。 |
| 《六韜·國務》: | 太公曰：「利而勿害，成而勿敗，生而勿殺，與而勿奪，樂而勿苦，喜而勿怒。」 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 大敗不誅，上下皆以不善在己。 |
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