劣 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「力」
道4Junior high level ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「力」
- On
- レツれつ · retsu
- Kun
- おと.るoto.ru
- Meaning
- inferior
Stroke order
Origin
少 "few" with 力 "strength": lacking strength — inferior.
Readings and examples
| Onレツれつretsu | 劣等れっとう卑劣ひれつ優劣ゆうれつ |
|---|---|
| Kunおとるotoru | 劣るおとる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 劣悪れつあく
inferior; poor
- 優劣ゆうれつ
relative merits
Example
二つの作品に優劣はつけがたい。
It is hard to rank the two works.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)