脆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

brittle, fragile, easy to beat, sentimental, susceptible

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゼイ
  • セイ
  • セツ
Kun (native)
  • もろ(い)
  • よわい
Other languages
  • 拼音cui4
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtThúy

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8106

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月危

Words using this kanji

  • 脆弱ぜいじゃくこと。また、そのさま。weak, frail, fragile
  • 脆いもろいbrittle, fragile, weak, frail
  • 脆性ぜいせい固体の物体において、物体が力を受けて破壊する際に塑性変形をほとんど起こさず破壊する性質。brittleness
  • 脆化ぜいか金属などが様々な要因により脆くなること。embrittlement
  • 脆弱性ぜいじゃくせい脆く弱い性質。 プログラムの不具合などによる情報セキュリティ上の欠陥。セキュリティホール。vulnerability, weakness, fragility, vulnerability
  • 脆くももろくもquickly (succumb, collapse, etc.), easily, without resistance (despite hopes to the contrary)
  • 脆弱国家ぜいじゃくこっかfragile state

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(9 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
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7721.2
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2533
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3760