弱 — Chinese character
弱
ruò
weak, fragile, delicate
- Pinyin
- ruò
- Radical
- 57 ⼸ (Bow)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 弓 冫 弓 冫
- Formation
- ideographic — Two shoots 弓 dying to frost 冫
- Japanese
- 弱 as a kanji
Common words with 弱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 弱点 (弱點) | ruò diǎn | weak point; failing |
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
| 软弱 (軟弱) | ruǎn ruò | weak; feeble |
| 弱势 (弱勢) | ruò shì | vulnerable; weak |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 虚弱 (虛弱) | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 微弱 | wēi ruò | weak; faint |
| 懦弱 | nuò ruò | cowardly; weak |
| 弱小 | ruò xiǎo | small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children |
| 弱化 | ruò huà | weaken; make weaker |
English words written with 弱
弱 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 10 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 36
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 40
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 76
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Art of War 3.11
- Art of War 5.17
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.