衰 — kanji meaning “decline”
衰
decline, wane, weaken
- Meanings
- decline, wane, weaken
- On'yomi
- スイ (sui)
- Kun'yomi
- おとろ.える
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1432 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 145
- Chinese reading
- shuāi, cuī — Chinese character page
Words with 衰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衰退 | すいたい suitai | decline; degeneration; decay |
| 衰え | おとろえ otoroe | weakening; emaciation; decline |
| 衰える | おとろえる otoroeru | to become weak; to decline; to wear |
| 老衰 | ろうすい rousui | senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age) |
| 衰弱 | すいじゃく suijaku | weakness; debility; breakdown |
| 盛衰 | せいすい seisui | rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare |
| 減衰 | げんすい gensui | attenuation; damping; decay |
| 栄枯盛衰 | えいこせいすい eikoseisui | ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune |
| 必衰 | ひっすい hissui | inevitable decline (decay, collapse, etc.) |
| 衰亡 | すいぼう suibou | decline and fall; ruin; downfall |
| 衰微 | すいび suibi | decline; decay; ebb |
| 五衰 | ごすい gosui | five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being |
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