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劣

JLPT N1 6 strokes Frequency: #1620

Meanings

Inferiority, Be Inferior To, Be Worse

Radicals

力

Decomposition

⿱少力

Etymology

Pictophonetic: inadequate

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 hook right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 dot right-to-left

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 hook bottom-to-top

6 diagonal right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

レツ retsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おと oto

Words Using This Kanji

67 words total

Other (20 words)

愚劣ぐれつ

foolishness

見劣りみおとり

unfavourable comparison

拙劣せつれつ

clumsy

低劣ていれつ

low grade

卑劣ひれつ

mean

卑劣漢ひれつかん

mean bastard

優勝劣敗ゆうしょうれっぱい

survival of the fittest

優劣ゆうれつ

(relative) merits

劣化れっか

deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.)

劣情れつじょう

animal passions

劣等感れっとうかん

inferiority complex

劣るおとる

to be inferior to

劣弱れつじゃく

inferiority

劣性れっせい

inferiority

劣悪れつあく

poor (quality, conditions, etc.)

劣弱意識れつじゃくいしき

inferiority complex

劣等れっとう

inferiority

劣者れっしゃ

an inferior

劣勢感れっせいかん

inferiority complex

下劣げれつ

base

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