Chinese symbol for “weaken”
削弱
xuē ruò
to weaken; to impair; to cripple
The closest CC-CEDICT match for weaken is 削弱 (xuē ruò), defined as: to weaken; to impair; to cripple.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “weaken”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
| 弱化 | ruò huà | weaken; make weaker |
| 衰减 (衰減) | shuāi jiǎn | to weaken; to attenuate |
| 杀 (殺) | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce |
| 发软 (發軟) | fā ruǎn | to weaken; to go soft (at the knees) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 削弱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剥削 (剝削) | bō xuē | to exploit; exploitation |
| 削减 (削減) | xuē jiǎn | to cut down; to reduce |
| 切削 | qiē xiāo | to cut; cutting |
| 瘦削 | shòu xuē | slim |
| 刀削面 (刀削麵) | dāo xiāo miàn | knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 弱点 (弱點) | ruò diǎn | weak point; failing |
| 减弱 (減弱) | jiǎn ruò | to weaken; to diminish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “weaken”.
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.