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Kanji Detail for 弱 - "weak, fragile, young"

弱

  • Meaning

    弱 means "weak, fragile, young."

    1. Weak - Not strong; frail; feeble.

    2. Young - Youthful; junior; inexperienced.

    3. Vulnerable - Susceptible; easily affected.

  • Words using 弱

    • 弱点 じゃくてん Listen weak point; weakness; shortcoming
    • 弱者 じゃくしゃ Listen weak person; the weak; vulnerable person
    • 弱体 じゃくたい Listen weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.)
    • 弱気 よわき Listen timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted
    • 弱み よわみ Listen (a) weakness; shortcoming; failing
    • 精神薄弱 せいしんはくじゃく Listen feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
    • 弱い よわい Listen weak; frail; delicate
    • 病弱 びょうじゃく Listen weak (constitution); sickly; feeble

  • Four-character idioms with 弱

    • 弱肉強食 じゃくにくきょうしょく Listen the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
    • 心神耗弱 しんしんこうじゃく Listen diminished capacity; diminished responsibility
    • 一強多弱 いっきょうたじゃく Listen one strong, many weak
    • 一強皆弱 いっきょうかいじゃく Listen one strong, everyone else weak
    • 意志薄弱 いしはくじゃく Listen weak-willed; lacking a purpose; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute
    • 薄志弱行 はくしじゃっこう Listen infirm of purpose and lacking in decision

  • Tattoo check: 弱

    • Verified meaning: weak, fragile, young
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    weak; frail

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    weak; fragile, delicate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    weak, fragile, delicate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of strong. The firm is strong; the soft is weak. The flourishing is strong; the declining is weak. The victorious is strong; the defeated is weak. Those with surplus are strong; those lacking are weak. | Young is 弱. Twenty is called 弱冠. See (Book of Rites, Quli). Later, childhood was generally called 弱冠. | Loss. Such as 又弱一个. See (Zuo Zhuan).

  • Onyomi

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    jaku(ジャク) ジャク

  • Kunyomi

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    yowa.i(よわい) よわい

    yowa.maru(よわ-まる) よわ-まる

    yowa.meru(よわ-める) よわ-める

    yowa.ru(よわ-る) よわ-る

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    weak fragile young flexible less than not firm soft feeble frail delicate vulnerable tender meek puny

Sentences including 弱

  • I am easily affected by cold weather.

  • Every man has his weak side.

  • She is no match for me.

  • I am concerned about his poor health.

  • His knowledge of english is poor.

  • She spoke in a weak voice.

  • This is her weak point.

  • I am a bad sailor.

  • He doesn't have a mind of his own.

  • He seems to have been in poor health when young.

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