衰 – decline, wane, weaken

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1432 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 衰 means decline, wane, weaken. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おとろ.える (otoroeru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	おとろ.える	otoroeru

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: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 衣・一・亠.

Words using 衰

老衰ろうすいsenility衰えるおとろえるto become weak

Example sentences

彼は老衰で二年前に亡くなった。

He died of old age two years ago.

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私は体力が衰えた。

My physical power has decayed.

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Kanji with the same radical

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