弱 – vocab dash

Keyword

weak

frail

Frequency: #958
Strokes: 10
Grade: 2
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 1323

Readings

ジャク58%

よわ42%

Mnemonic

Two bows hang with icicles in the cold, creaking and bending until they are so weak they can barely stay strung.

Stroke order

Composed of

弓bow (weapon)冫icicles 弓bow (weapon)冫icicles

Used in kanji

嫋supple 嵶mountain pass 搦bind 溺to drown 蒻a kind of water plant 篛cuticle of bamboo plant 鰯sardine 鶸siskin

Used in vocabulary

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

I-adjective

a little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than; weakness; the weak; low (setting); -lower (seismic intensity)

Suffix

弱じゃく点てん

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot

Noun

精せい神しん薄はく弱じゃく

feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability

Noun

脆ぜい弱じゃく

weak; frail; fragile

Na-adjective

弱じゃく者しゃ

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

Noun

弱じゃく震しん

mild earthquake

Noun

弱じゃく体たい

weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble

Noun

弱よわ含ふくみ

bearish tendency; weak tone (of a market)

Noun

弱よわ気き

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish

Na-adjective

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

Noun

弱よわ虫むし

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

Noun

衰すい弱じゃく

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

Noun

貧ひん弱じゃく

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby; insubstantial

Na-adjective

弱よわり果はてる

to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by); to be fed up (with)

Ichidan verb

弱よわき者もの

weak person; the weak

Noun

病びょう弱じゃく

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

Na-adjective

か弱よわい

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

I-adjective

弱よわまる

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

Godan verb

弱よわめる

to weaken

Ichidan verb

to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health); to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited; to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; …

Godan verb

弱よわ音ね

feeble complaint; whine

Noun

薄はく弱じゃく

feebleness; weakness

Noun

強きょう弱じゃく

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

Noun