EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 9
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to lose; to be defeated; to be beaten

    occ. written as 敗ける

    3対0で彼には負けています。
    He's beating me, three to zip.
  2. to give in (to); to yield; to succumb; to give way; to surrender; to be overcome (with)

  3. to be inferior (to); to be second (to); to be outdone (by)

  4. to get a rash (from); to come out in a rash

  5. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

Kun
ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
443 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 9

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Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-7-2SKIP code
2n7.1The Kanji Dictionary
2780.6Four corner code
2561deroo
8ca0Unicode hex code
1-41-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4488Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5769New Nelson (John Haig)
2091New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2594Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1327Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1799Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
63Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
67Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
473A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
981Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
503Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36660XMorohashi
383A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
510Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312sakade
918Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
406henshall3
346Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
717Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1722Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
63Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level