Chinese symbol for “weakened”

衰微

shuāi wēi

to decline; to wane; weakened; enfeebled; in decline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for weakened is 衰微 (shuāi wēi), defined as: to decline; to wane; weakened; enfeebled; in decline.

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Characters and stroke order

衰 shuāi

weak, feeble; to decline, to falter

radical 145 ⾐ · 10 strokes

微 wēi

small, tiny, trifling; micro-

radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 衰微.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
衰退	shuāi tuì	to decline; to fall
衰落	shuāi luò	to fall; to drop
衰败 (衰敗)	shuāi bài	to decline; to wane
衰老	shuāi lǎo	to age; to deteriorate with age
衰竭	shuāi jié	(of an organ or bodily function) failure; to fail; (of resources etc) exhaustion; depletion
兴衰 (興衰)	xīng shuāi	prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
微博	wēi bó	microblogging; microblog
微笑	wēi xiào	smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)

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.