| 693 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 591 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 562 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 562 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4494 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 670 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 589 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 511 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 520 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 718 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 941 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1868 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 991 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1342 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 337 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13227 | Morohashi |
| 1476 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 331 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 353 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 420 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 575 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 敗 【ハイ】 loss, defeat, counter for losses
- 敗因 【ハイイン】 cause of defeat
- 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
- 零敗 【レイハイ】 losing without scoring, shutout, whitewash, having no losses, being undefeated
Kun reading compounds
- 敗れる 【やぶれる】 to be defeated, to be beaten, to be unsuccessful, to lose
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- fallo
- derrota
- fracaso
- ser derrotado
- ser vencido
- fracasar
Portuguese
- falha
- derrota
- mudança na sorte
French
- défaut
- défaite
- revers
| 3966 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 6884.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6557 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
| 1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18008 | Morohashi |
| 660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ec5 | Unicode hex code |