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憔 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
ショウ・セウ・ソウしょう・せう・そう · shō · seu · sō
Kun
やつ.れる・やせ.るyatsu.reru · yase.ru
Meaning
to grow haggard

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 焦 as phonetic: to waste away from care.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 憔悴しょうすい

    haggard; careworn

  • 衰弱すいじゃく

    debility

More words with this kanji

  • 憔瘁しょうすい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

看病(かんびょう)続(つづ)きで憔悴(しょうすい)しきっていた。

Endless nursing had left them quite worn out.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

衰弱憔悴衰弱憔弱weak悴to gro…衰declin…忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…屮a spro…卅thirty匆in has…艸grass皁black
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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