Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1432 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: decline, wane, weaken

Kunyomi: おとろ.える

Onyomi: スイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

退 スイタイ decline, degeneration, decay, waning, ebbing

スイジャク weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration

ゲンスイ attenuation, damping, decay

セイスイ rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes

Kunyomi Examples

える おとろえる to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away