The kanji 弊: meaning, readings and stroke order

弊

Meaning: harm, our (humble)
On reading: ヘイ hei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 廾 two hands, twenty
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tệ hại, (khiêm) chúng tôi (tệ)
Japanese: わるいこと。じぶんのほうをへりくだっていう。
Korean: 폐단, 저희 (폐)
Chinese: 弊端、我方（谦称）

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘイ hei · on reading · less common

弊へい害がい
harmful effect, bad side effect
行きすぎの 弊へい害がいが出ます。
Going too far brings harmful effects.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.