Chinese symbol for “puny”
弱小
ruò xiǎo
small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children
The closest CC-CEDICT match for puny is 弱小 (ruò xiǎo), defined as: small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弱小.
| 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 |
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
See also: Japanese symbol for “puny”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.