敝
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my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攴 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敝
- Common rank
- #3,051
- Unicode
- U+655D
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Formation & memory
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How 敝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
strike
Components 攵
? unknown part
Words with 敝
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弃之如敝屣 | to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom) | |
| 破敝 | shabby; damaged | |
| 敝帚千金 | lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value; I wouldn't be … | |
| 民生凋敝 | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverish… | |
| 视如敝屣 | (lit.) to view as worn-out shoes (idiom); (fig.) to consider to be worthless | |
| 敝帚自珍 | to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own; a… | |
| 雕敝 | variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4] | |
| 弃若敝屣 | to throw away like worn out shoes | |
| 敝屣尊荣 | to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom) | |
| 凋敝 | impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged | |
| 敝屣 | worn-out shoes; a worthless thing |
Sound family
These characters use 敝 as their sound component — compare how they read.