劣

inferior; inferiority; be inferior to; be worse

6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1620.

Readings

• レツ (on reading): 劣化 (れっか) deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); 劣勢 (れっせい) inferiority (e.g. numerical)
• おとる (kun reading): 劣る (おとる) to be inferior to; 見劣り (みおとり) unfavourable comparison

Components

• 少
• 力
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 力 radical power
• 小 radical small

Words using 劣

• 劣化 (れっか) deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.)
• 劣勢 (れっせい) inferiority (e.g. numerical)
• 劣等感 (れっとうかん) inferiority complex
• 卑劣 (ひれつ) mean
• 劣悪 (れつあく) poor (quality, conditions, etc.)
• 劣る (おとる) to be inferior to
• 見劣り (みおとり) unfavourable comparison
• 見劣りがする (みおとりがする) to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with
• 負けず劣らず (まけずおとらず) equally (well)
• 優るとも劣らない (まさるともおとらない) not at all inferior to

69 words in all.

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