坏

See also: 壞

坏 U+574F, 坏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-574F ← 坎 [U+574E] CJK Unified Ideographs 坐 → [U+5750]

Translingual

Traditional	壞
Shinjitai	壊
Simplified	坏

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 壞 (褱 → 不)

Han character

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

Further reading

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		坏
alternative forms		坯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pī, pēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ, ㄆㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: pī
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: pēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

坏

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

Compounds

• 坏土
• 拉坏

• 捏坏

• 鑿坏／凿坏

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00755

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Japanese

Kanji

坏

(uncommon “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 Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see the following entry.

【つき】 [noun] 坏: (archaic) shallow bowl

(This term, 坏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
坏
さかずき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see the following entry.

【さかずき】 [noun] a sake cup [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [noun] an exchange of cups at a drinking party [noun] (slang) the female genitalia Alternative spellings 盃, 杯, 巵, 盞, 坏, 酒坏, 酒盃

(This term, 坏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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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

• Nom Foundation