弱 — kanji meaning “weak”
弱
weak, frail
- Meanings
- weak, frail
- On'yomi
- ジャク (jaku)
- Kun'yomi
- よわ.い、よわ.る、よわ.まる、よわ.める
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #958 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 57
- Chinese reading
- ruò — Chinese character page
Words with 弱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 弱気 | よわき yowaki | timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted |
| 貧弱 | ひんじゃく hinjaku | poor; meagre; meager |
| 脆弱 | ぜいじゃく zeijaku | weak; frail; fragile |
| 弱者 | じゃくしゃ jakusha | weak person; the weak; vulnerable person |
| 弱体 | じゃくたい jakutai | weak constitution; weak body |
| 軟弱 | なんじゃく nanjaku | soft and lacking firmness; weak; fragile |
| 病弱 | びょうじゃく byoujaku | weak (constitution); sickly; feeble |
| 強弱 | きょうじゃく kyoujaku | strength and weakness; (degree of) strength |
| 弱音 | よわね yowane | feeble complaint; whine |
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