せき
惜
はい
敗

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せき
惜
はい
敗
 惜敗 せきはい ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

pity, be sparing of, frugal
お.しい　セキ (Late Jr. High, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン　こころ
once upon a time, antiquity, old times
むかし　セキ　シャク (3rd, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
failure, defeat, reversal
ハイ　やぶ.れる (4th, N3)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)