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Kanji Detail for 脆 - "soft, brittle, weak, light"
脆
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Meaning
脆 means "soft, brittle, weak, light."
Soft - Tender; pliable.
Brittle - Fragile; easily broken.
Weak - Feeble.
Light - Frivolous.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
brittle; fragile; easy to beat; sentimental; susceptible
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
crisp; fragile, frail; brittle
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
old variant of 脆[cui4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fragile, frail; brittle, crisp
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Sentences including 脆
She's weak, powerless. A mere human.
Metals can become brittle at low temperatures.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
「しかし人間は健康にしろ病気にしろ、どっちにしても脆いものですね」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところがいよいよ夫として朝夕｜妻と顔を合せてみると、私の果敢ない希望は手厳しい現実のために脆くも破壊されてしまいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところがいよいよ夫として朝夕｜妻と顔を合せてみると、私の果敢ない希望は手厳しい現実のために脆くも破壊されてしまいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
More kanji with the radical 肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)
- 肉 meat, body, to gain weight
- 肋 rib
- 肌 skin, surface, texture
- 肖 to resemble, portrait, small
- 肘 elbow, to restrain
- 肝 liver, heart, key point
- 股 thigh, crotch, branch
- 肢 limb, extremity, branch
- 肥 fertile, fat, to fatten
- 肩 shoulder, to bear, young animal
- 肪 fat, fatty
- 肯 to consent, to affirm, willing
- 育 to give birth, to raise, to grow
- 肴 cooked meat, to disturb, side dish
- 肺 lung, heart, red
- 胃 stomach, to digest
- 胆 gallbladder, courage, nerve
- 背 back, to abandon, to betray
- 胎 womb, fetus, pregnancy
- 胞 cell, membrane, sibling
- 胡 barbarian, random, what
- 胤 to succeed, lineage
- 胴 torso, body
- 胸 chest, heart, mind
- 能 ability, talent, can
- 脂 fat, tree sap, rouge