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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

958 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: weak, frail

Kunyomi: よわ.い, よわ.る, よわ.まる, よわ.める

Onyomi: ジャク

Composition: 弓 冫

弱

Radical

Radical: 弓

Reading: ゆみへん

Meaning: bow

Strokes: 3

Reading: ゆみへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

弱点(じゃくてん)   weakness

弱震(じゃくしん)   mild earthquake

弱者(じゃくしゃ)   the weak

十ドル弱(じゅうドルじゃく)   a little less than ten dollars

弱い(よわい)   weak, frail

弱る(よわる)   be weakened, be troubled [v.i.]

弱める(よわめる)   weaken [v.t.]

弱まる(よわまる)   abate, be weakened [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

弱 (ジャク) a little less than, a little under, slightly fewer than, weakness, the weak, low (setting), -lower (seismic intensity)

弱者 (ジャクシャ) weak person, the weak, vulnerable person, disadvantaged person

精神薄弱 (セイシンハクジャク) feeble-mindedness, intellectual disability

薄弱 (ハクジャク) feebleness, weakness, weak

Kunyomi Examples

弱い (よわい) weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)

弱い経済 (よわいけいざい) weak economy

弱る (よわる) to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health), to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited, to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed

弱まる (よわまる) to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed

弱める (よわめる) to weaken

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