Hanja Analyzer
弱

弱 — yak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
약할 약
Romanization
yak
English
weak; fragile, delicate
Mandarin
ruò
Japanese on'yomi
ジャク, ニャク
Japanese kun'yomi
よわ.い よわ.る よわ.まる よわ.める
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#958 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
弓 (57, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5F31

How 弱 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 弱 as a ideographic compound involving 弓, 彡.

Korean example words with 弱

  • 약년弱年 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이
  • 약졸弱卒 Korean gloss: 약한 군졸
  • 쇠약衰弱 Korean gloss: 힘이 쇠하고 약함
  • 약풍弱風 Korean gloss: 약하게 부는 바람
  • 약관弱冠 Korean gloss: 남자의 스무 살 전후의 나이
  • 약체弱體 Korean gloss: 실력이나 능력이 약한 조직체
  • 약시弱視 Korean gloss: 약한 시력. 또는 그런 시력을 가진 사람
  • 노약老弱 Korean gloss: 늙은 사람과 약한 사람을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 약질弱質 Korean gloss: 허약한 체질. 또는 그런 체질을 가진 사람
  • 약점弱點 Korean gloss: 모자라서 남에게 뒤떨어지거나 떳떳하지 못한 점
  • 약자弱者 Korean gloss: 힘이나 세력이 약한 사람이나 생물. 또는 그런 집단
  • 약세弱勢 Korean gloss: 시세가 하락하는 경향에 있는 것. 또는 그런 장세(場勢)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 弱

  • 弱点じゃくてん weak point; weakness; shortcoming
  • 弱者じゃくしゃ weak person; the weak; vulnerable person
  • 弱体じゃくたい weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.)
  • 弱気よわき timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted
  • 弱みよわみ (a) weakness; shortcoming; failing
  • 精神薄弱せいしんはくじゃく feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
  • 弱いよわい weak; frail; delicate
  • 病弱びょうじゃく weak (constitution); sickly; feeble
  • 貧弱ひんじゃく poor; meagre; meager
  • 衰弱すいじゃく weakness; debility; breakdown
  • 弱まるよわまる to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated
  • 強弱きょうじゃく strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound)

Characters sharing the phonetic 弱

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “약” in Korean.

Other hanja read “약”

Other hanja with radical 弓

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