~敗

はい · hai · JLPT N3 · expression

defeat

🏳️ 敗 = 貝 shell/money + 攵 strike: smash the treasure and you have lost

The 貝 shell was once used as money, and 攵 means to hit, so 敗 originally meant to break something valuable. As a counter it tallies losses: 3勝2敗 (san shō ni hai) = 3 wins, 2 losses. Hai sounds like the high score you did not get.

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