弊
弊 — Abuse
abuse, evil, vice, breakage
On’yomiヘイ (hei)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 弊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弊害 | へいがい heigai | harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice |
| 疲弊 | ひへい hihei | exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment |
| 弊社 | へいしゃ heisha | our company; our firm |
| 悪弊 | あくへい akuhei | corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom |
| 病弊 | びょうへい byouhei | evil influence; ill effect |
Study notes
弊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1750 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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