坏

See also: 壞

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)

References

• KangXi: page 225, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4930
• Dae Jaweon: page 460, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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. (This character, 坏, is the simplified form of 壞.)

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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 坏 – see 坯. (This character, 坏, is a variant form of 坯.)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		坏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): peí (pei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: peí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: p'ei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peir
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

坏

1. Unburnt pottery and bricks.
2. A short hill.
3. A wall.

See also

• (unburnt pottery): 坯 (peī)
• (hill): 坯 (peī)

Verb

坏

1. To use earth to fill a crack.

References

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

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Japanese

Kanji

坏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: はい (hai)
• Kun: おか (oka), つき (tsuki)

Noun

坏 ‎(hiragana つき, romaji tsuki)

1. (archaic) shallow bowl

Alternative forms

• 杯

坏 ‎(hiragana さかずき, romaji sakazuki)

1. Alternative form of 盃

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Korean

Hanja

坏 • ‎(bae) (hangeul 배, McCune-Reischauer pae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坏 (hoại)

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