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痩 — 12 strokes / Radical「疒」

道
2High school graduate / general / 12 strokes / Radical「疒」
On
ソウ・チュウ・シュウ・シュそう・ちゅう・しゅう・しゅ · sō · chū · shū · shu
Kun
や.せるya.seru
Meaning
grow thin

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sickness plus growing old: the flesh falling away — to grow thin.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō痩身そうしん
Kunやせるyaseru痩せるやせる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 痩身そうしん

    a slender figure

  • 痩せ我慢やせがまん

    putting on a brave face

More words with this kanji

  • 痩せ地やせち

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

病気(びょうき)で少(すこ)し痩(や)せてしまった。

I have grown a little thin from illness.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

痩せ我慢痩せ我慢痩身痩慢slow我I身body痕mark瘍sore疔a deep…疚to fee…疝colic爪nail肘elbow呪spell酎distil…袖sleeve
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)