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劣

劣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おとる。
  2. いやしい。道徳や品性が低い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「少」 + 「力」。「おとる」を意味する漢語｛劣｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

inferiority, be inferior to, be worse

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レツJHS
Kun (native)
  • おと(る)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音lie4
  • 한글ryeol
  • Hán-ViệtLiệt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
力(ちから)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+52A3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱少力

Words using this kanji

  • 劣勢れっせい勢力が劣っていること。また、そのさま。inferiority (e.g. numerical), inferior position, disadvantage, unfavorable situation
  • 劣悪れつあく品質や能力や状態などが悪い様子。poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior, poor-quality
  • 劣化れっか品質や性能などが低下すること。deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.), degradation, worsening, (visible) aging
  • 劣るおとるおとるの漢字表記。to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
  • 劣等感れっとうかん他人より自分が劣っているという感じや気持ち。inferiority complex, sense of inferiority
  • 劣れつsub-, inferior, minor
  • 劣才れっさいinferior talents
  • 劣者れっしゃ他と比べて優れていない者。an inferior
  • 劣弱れつじゃくinferiority
  • 劣情れつじょう卑しい心情。 性的な情欲を卑しんでいう語。animal passions, carnal desire, lust
  • 劣性れっせいinferiority, recessiveness, recessive
  • 劣等れっとう程度や等級が劣ること。ないこと。 程度や等級が劣る。敵わない。inferiority, low grade
  • 劣敗れっぱいdefeat of the weaker
  • 劣角れっかく0度より大きく180度より小さい角度。minor angle
  • 劣弧れっこminor arc
  • 劣機れっき機根の劣ること。また、その人。inability to follow Buddhist teachings, person unable to follow Buddhist teachings
  • 劣位れつい他より劣っている位置や立場。inferior position, inferior situation, disadvantage, subordination
  • 劣後れつごよりもにあつかうこと。時間の順序がに来ること。後回しになること。 地位が外よりもに来ること。を拝すること。subordination
  • 劣勢感れっせいかんinferiority complex
  • 劣等生れっとうせいpoor student

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