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衰

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • decline
  • wane
  • weaken

On'yomi (音読み)

  • スイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • おとろ.える
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1593
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
衣#145 · clothes

Components

Common Words

  • 老衰ろうすいNoun
    senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age)
  • 衰退すいたいNoun
    decline, degeneration, decay
  • 衰えおとろえNoun
    weakening, emaciation, decline
  • 衰弱すいじゃくNoun
    weakness, debility, breakdown
  • 衰えるおとろえるIchidan verb
    to become weak, to decline, to wear
  • 古び衰えるふるびおとろえるIchidan verb
    to waste away
  • 盛衰せいすいNoun
    rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare
  • 減衰げんすいNoun
    attenuation, damping, decay

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

老old manろう、お、ふN36 strokes盛boomせい、じょう、もN111 strokes弱weakじゃく、よわN210 strokes退retreatたい、しりぞ、ひN39 strokes減dwindleげん、へN212 strokes古oldこ、ふるN45 strokes

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