Kanji
敗
N3
11 strokes
Grade 4
freq #516
failure, defeat, reversal
On'yomi (音読み)
ハイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
やぶ.れる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
腐敗
ふはい
decomposition; putrefaction
失敗
しっぱい
failure; mistake
連敗
れんぱい
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
敗戦
はいせん
defeat; lost battle
敗北
はいぼく
defeat; loss
勝敗
しょうはい
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
敗因
はいいん
cause of defeat
惨敗
ざんぱい
ignominious defeat; crushing failure
一敗
いっぱい
one defeat
敗者
はいしゃ
loser; defeated person
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
敗れる
やぶれる
to be defeated; to be beaten
Example sentences
政治（せいじ）の腐敗（ふはい）にはうんざりですね。
We are sick and tired of political corruption.
新（あたら）しい政府（せいふ）は国（くに）から腐敗（ふはい）を無（な）くすと約束（やくそく）した。
The new government promised to rid the country of corruption.
彼（かれ）は背伸（せの）びをして失敗（しっぱい）した。
He bit off more than he could chew.
彼（かれ）は入学試験（にゅうがくしけん）に失敗（しっぱい）した。
He failed the entrance exam.