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衰

JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1432

Meanings

Decline, Wane, Weaken

Radicals

衣

Decomposition

⿻衣⿻口一

Etymology

Ideographic: A person in a robe 衣 with an injury 一 to his head 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

8 corner bottom-to-top

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

スイ sui

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おとろ otoro

Words Using This Kanji

47 words total

Other (20 words)

attenuator

to waste away

to languish

neurasthenia

emaciated

downward tendency

decline

becoming emaciated and die

衰態すいたい

weakened condition

衰幣すいへい

decline

衰え果てるおとろえはてる

to be utterly spent or crushed

fading color

decline

weaken and decline

to become weak

weakness

weakening

decline and fall

declining fortunes

attenuation

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