衰

decline; wane; weaken

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1432.

Readings

• スイ (on reading): 衰退 (すいたい) decline; 減衰 (げんすい) attenuation
• おとろえる (kun reading): 衰える (おとろえる) to become weak; 衰え (おとろえ) weakening

Components

• 衣
• 口
• 一 radical one
• 亠 radical lid
• 衣 radical clothes

Kanji containing 衰

• 簑 straw raincoat
• 蓑 straw raincoat
• 榱 rafter
• 簔 straw raincoat

Words using 衰

• 衰退 (すいたい) decline
• 減衰 (げんすい) attenuation
• 老衰 (ろうすい) senility
• 衰弱 (すいじゃく) weakness
• 衰微 (すいび) decline
• 衰える (おとろえる) to become weak
• 衰え (おとろえ) weakening
• やせ衰える (やせおとろえる) to become emaciated
• 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

50 words in all.

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