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弊 = 廾 + 敝

弊 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “abuse”. It is built from 廾 (two hands) and 敝 (shredder). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1120.

Keyword
abuse
RTK frame
1120
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
злоупотребление
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
弊 evil

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 廾 two hands
  2. 敝 shredder

How to find 弊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “two hands” + “shredder”. 弊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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