Japanese symbol for “fragility”
脆弱性
ぜいじゃくせい
Romaji: zeijakusei
vulnerability; weakness; fragility
In Japanese, fragility is 脆弱性, read ぜいじゃくせい (zeijakusei).
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Meanings
- n vulnerability; weakness; fragility
- n vulnerability; security hole (comp)
Written forms: 脆弱性、ぜい弱性. Readings: ぜいじゃくせい.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脆弱 | ぜいじゃく zeijaku | weak; frail; fragile |
| 脆い | もろい moroi | brittle; fragile; weak |
| 脆性 | ぜいせい zeisei | brittleness |
| 脆化 | ぜいか zeika | embrittlement |
| 水素脆化 | すいそぜいか suisozeika | hydrogen embrittlement |
| 弱い | よわい yowai | weak; frail; delicate |
| 弱点 | じゃくてん jakuten | weak point; weakness; shortcoming |
| 弱み | よわみ yowami | (a) weakness; shortcoming; failing |
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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