Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 弊

弊

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Meaning

 harm, defeat, detriment, fraud

Pronunciation

 bì

Explanation

 Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 next to each-other and combined)

Mnemonic

The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed.

Radicals

敝 shabby, poor((modest) I, myself)
攴 rap, strike(Shows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳)
廾 two hands(twice this hand 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) side by side & simplified.)
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Vocabulary

弊病 bì bìng malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage
弊端 bì duān malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
流弊 liú bì malpractice; long-running abuse

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