痩 – get thin

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N4 vocabulary

The kanji 痩 means get thin. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、チュウ、シュウ、シュ (sou, chuu, shuu, shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is や.せる (yaseru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 疒 (no. 104).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	や.せる	yaseru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 疒 (Kangxi radical 104). Components: 又・疔.

Words using 痩

痩せるやせるto become thin

Example sentences

若い頃は痩せてたんだよ。

I used to be thin when I was young.

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Kanji with the same radical

病療痛症疲痴癖痢癌痺

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