坏

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See also: 壞
坏 U+574F, 坏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-574F
← 坎
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坐 →

Translingual

Traditional 壞
Shinjitai 壊
Simplified 坏
Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

坏 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土一火 (GMF), four-corner 41190, composition ⿰土不)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 225, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4930
  • Dae Jaweon: page 460, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 421, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+574F

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 壞 (褱 → 不)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see 壞 (“bad; rotten; spoiled; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 壞).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see 坯 (“unburnt pottery and bricks; base; adobe; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 坯).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 坏
alternative forms 坯

Pronunciation

Definitions

坏

  1. unfired pottery and bricks; base
  2. low hill
  3. wall
  4. to use earth to fill a crack

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

坏

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: び (bi)、へ (he)
  • Kan-on: はい (hai)、ひ (hi)
  • Kun: おか (oka, 坏)、つき (tsuki, 坏)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
坏
つき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

坏(つき) • (tsuki) 

  1. (archaic) shallow bowl

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
坏
さかずき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see the following entry.
【さかずき】
a sake cup
This term needs a translation to English.
an exchange of cups at a drinking party
Alternative spellings
盃, 杯, 巵, 盞, 酒坏, 酒盃
(This term, 坏, is an alternative spelling (less common) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

坏 (eum 배 (bae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

坏: Hán Việt readings: phôi
坏: Nôm readings: hoai, hoại, hoải, phôi

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References

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