Dong Chinese dictionary

bài

be defeated

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敗.

Components

贝 Sound component

bèi

sea shell

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

bài

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

Most common words with 败

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