The story of 敗

fail, defeat

敗 is composed of the simplified form of 鼎 (ancient cooking cauldron) and 攵 (knock lightly). 鼎 is the picture of an ancient cooking cauldron, while 攵 depicts a hand holding a rod, so 敗 is the picture of knocking a cauldron, means destruction or failure.

Vocabulary of 敗

  • 失敗 (failure
  • defeat)
  • 敗訴 (lose a lawsuit)
  • 敗仗 (lost war)

Classification

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