弊 — kanji meaning “abuse”
弊
abuse, evil, vice, breakage
- Meanings
- abuse, evil, vice, breakage
- On'yomi
- ヘイ (hei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1750 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 55
- Chinese reading
- bì — Chinese character page
Words with 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 |
| 弊社 | へいしゃ heisha | our company; our firm |
| 悪弊 | あくへい akuhei | corrupt practice; evil practice; bad custom |
| 語弊 | ごへい gohei | faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement |
| 弊誌 | へいし heishi | (our) magazine; periodical; journal |
| 旧弊 | きゅうへい kyuuhei | old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways |
| 弊店 | へいてん heiten | our shop; our store |
| 病弊 | びょうへい byouhei | evil influence; ill effect |
| 百弊 | ひゃくへい hyakuhei | all evils |
| 弊衣 | へいい heii | worn-out clothes; shabby clothes |
| 余弊 | よへい yohei | resulting evil; holdover |
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