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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
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. weakRtK
    ところが地球の磁場はごく弱いものです。But the earth's magnetic field is very weak.tatoeba
  2. frail
  1. a little less than
  2. a little under
  3. slightly fewer than
  4. weakness
  5. the weak

Popular Usage

弱い弱点

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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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

Additional Examples

彼は病弱なので心配だ。
I am concerned about his poor health.tatoeba
彼は病弱というハンデを負わされている。
He is handicapped by poor health.tatoeba
彼は病気で衰弱していた。
He was wasted away by illness.tatoeba
彼は非常に身体が弱くて力仕事はできなかった。
He was too feeble to do manual labor.tatoeba
掛軸は湿気や乾燥に弱い。
Kakejiku is vulnerable to humidity and dryness.wiki
最後に砂糖を加えて弱い火で焼く。
Finally, sugar is added and the processed paste is heated on low heat.wiki
これらの要因は、連合軍の弱点となったと言える。
These factors became the weakness of the allied force.wiki
逆に、畿内説の弱点として上げられるのは次の点である。
Alternatively, the following are vulnerabilities of the Kinai region theory.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 弱

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