衰

decline, wane, weaken

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

スイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おとろ.える

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1432

Vocabulary

スイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
衰弱	スイジャク	weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
衰退	スイタイ	decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
老衰	ロウスイ	senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
減衰	ゲンスイ	attenuation; damping; decay
盛衰	セイスイ	rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
衰える	おとろえる	to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
衰え	おとろえ	weakening; emaciation; decline
古び衰える	ふるびおとろえる	to waste away
弱り衰える	よわりおとろえる	to languish
衰え果てる	おとろえはてる	to be utterly spent or crushed

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