弊
bì
#2,343 most
frequent character
detriment, fraud, harm, defeat
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
弊 bì joins 敝 bì as the sound part with 廾 two hands. The hands hint at its first sense, a hunting term about stopping something. From that came 'fall on one's face,' then 'harm, defeat,' 'disadvantage,' and 'abuse, fraud.'
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