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弱

weak
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingジャク
Kun readingよわ.い、よわ.る、よわ.まる、よわ.める
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

弱い弱点

Radicals and components

Radical弓bowComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

bow (弓) · ice (冫)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1323

Compound words

弱いよわい
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled
弱点じゃくてん
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw
虚弱きょじゃく
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
強弱きょうじゃく
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
弱るよわる
to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health); to be downcast
弱音よわね
feeble complaint; whine
弱冠じゃっかん
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
弱気よわき
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
弱腰よわごし
weak attitude
弱者じゃくしゃ
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
弱体じゃくたい
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
弱虫よわむし
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
衰弱すいじゃく
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
軟弱なんじゃく
soft and lacking firmness; weak; fragile; weak-willed; spineless
薄弱はくじゃく
feebleness; weakness
病弱びょうじゃく
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
貧弱ひんじゃく
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty
弱みよわみ
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
脆弱ぜいじゃく
weak; frail; fragile
か弱いかよわい
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
弱まるよわまる
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
弱めるよわめる
to weaken
心神耗弱しんしんこうじゃく
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
精神薄弱せいしんはくじゃく
feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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