The kanji 被: meaning, readings and stroke order

被

Meaning: suffer, receive
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: こうむ（る） koumuru
Strokes: 10
Radical: 衣 clothes
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bị, hứng chịu (bị)
Japanese: わるいことをうける。こうむる。
Korean: 입다, 당하다 (피)
Chinese: 遭受、被

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading

被ひ害がい
damage, harm suffered
台風の 被ひ害がいを調べます。
People check the damage from the typhoon.

こうむ（る） koumuru · kun reading · less common

被こうむる
to suffer (a loss)
大きな損害を 被こうむりました。
We suffered a big loss.

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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.