敝
my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated
敝
=
米
+
冂
+
攵
:
Mnemonic symbol: a pair of old worn-out shoes.
Brunhilde (bi) has been on a treasure hunt for weeks now because she found an old map (冂). For her hunt she brought a sack of rice (米) which she already more or less used up. After digging up the floor of the space station's bathroom (Ø40) with a sledgehammer (攵) at the point indicated on the map, she finally finds the treasure: a pair of old worn-out shoes (敝) which were incredibly valuable to the owner, but are worthless for Brunhilde.
Brunhilde (bi) has been on a treasure hunt for weeks now because she found an old map (冂). For her hunt she brought a sack of rice (米) which she already more or less used up. After digging up the floor of the space station's bathroom (Ø40) with a sledgehammer (攵) at the point indicated on the map, she finally finds the treasure: a pair of old worn-out shoes (敝) which were incredibly valuable to the owner, but are worthless for Brunhilde.
敝 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
冂
=
丨
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㇆
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Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
variant of 攴[pu1]
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
Characters with 敝 as component
to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
money / coins / currency / silk
币
=
丿
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巾
:
Brunhilde (bi) wants to take a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Wearing only a towel (巾) she is fiddling with the coin (币) operated switch. She is to greedy to use a real coin, so she inserts a fake one. The machine detects the fake coin though and instead of water there are bananas (丿) coming out of the shower head.
to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death
to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal
detriment / fraud / harm / defeat
to cast away / to fling aside
to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath)
freshwater soft-shelled turtle
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
to shoot a glance / glance / to appear in a flash
to limp / to sprain (an ankle or wrist) / to move carefully, as if evading a danger / to scurry
Words with 敝
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value / I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own / a sentimental attachment
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
Sentences with 敝
敝 currently does not appear in any sentence.