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衰

decline
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingスイ
Kun readingおとろ.える

Verbs with «衰»

衰える衰退する

Meanings

  1. declineRtK
    日の光がだんだん衰えてきた。The light became weaker and weaker.tatoeba
    平氏の勢力が衰えると源頼朝とも平和的な関係を築いた。When the power of the Taira clan declined, he established a peaceful relationship with MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.wiki
  2. wane
  3. weaken
  1. to become weak
  2. to decline
  3. to wear
  4. to abate
  5. to decay

Popular Usage

衰える

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pathetic · stick (丨) · top hat (亠) · scarf (冂) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2037

Compound words

暖炉には薪が足りず、早くも火勢が衰え始めている。
Without enough wood on the fire, the flames are already beginning to die down.tatoeba
彼は神経衰弱になっていた。
He suffered a nervous breakdown.tatoeba
彼は健康が衰えつつあるという理由で辞職したがっている。
He wishes to resign on the grounds that his health is failing.tatoeba
平氏の勢力が衰えると源頼朝とも平和的な関係を築いた。
When the power of the Taira clan declined, he established a peaceful relationship with MINAMOTO no Yoritomo.wiki
次第に御教書の使用頻度が増え、下文・下知状は衰える。
The frequency in which Migyosho were used gradually increased as the use of Kudashibumi and Gejijo decreased.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

ただの加齢による衰えでしょうね
ただのかよわいによるおとろえでしょうねIt's probably just age-related decline.
有能を排除して衰退の道をたどる
ゆうのうをはいじょしてすいたいのみちをたどるExcluding competent people and following the path to decline.
衰退してると言われても実感わかない
すいたいしてるといわれてもじっかんわかないEven if they say it's declining, I don't really feel it.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 衰

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