衰

Translingual

Han character

衰 (radical 145 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田一女 (YWMV), four-corner 0073₂)

1. decline, decrease, wane
2. falter, fail, fade
3. weaken, wither

Derived characters

• 蓑

References

• KangXi: page 1112, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34127
• Dae Jaweon: page 1577, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3076, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8870

See also

• 減

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Cantonese

Hanzi

衰 (jyutping ceoi1, seoi1, Yale cheui1, seui1)

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Japanese

Kanji

衰 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: さ (sa), すい (sui)
• Kun: おとろえる (otoroeru)

Compounds

• 老衰

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Korean

Hanja

衰 (hangeul 쇠, 최, revised soe, choe, McCune-Reischauer soe, ch'oe, Yale soy, choy)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

衰 (pinyin shuāi (shuai1), Wade-Giles shuai¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衰 (suy, thôi)