衰 — soe, choe

Korean example words with 衰

• 성쇠盛衰 Korean gloss: 성하고 쇠퇴함
• 쇠약衰弱 Korean gloss: 힘이 쇠하고 약함
• 쇠문衰門 Korean gloss: 쇠퇴하여 기울어진 가문
• 쇠운衰運 Korean gloss: 점점 줄어서 약해진 운수
• 참최斬衰 Korean gloss: 오복(五服)의 하나. 거친 베로 짓되 아랫단을 꿰매지 않고 접는 상복이다. 아버지나 할아버지의 상(喪)에 입는다
• 쇠망하다衰亡 Korean gloss: 쇠퇴하여 망하다
• 쇠삭하다衰索 Korean gloss: 쇠하고 흩어지다
• 쇠패하다衰敗 Korean gloss: 쇠하여 패망하다
• 쇠곤하다衰困 Korean gloss: 쇠약하고 피곤하다
• 쇠멸하다衰滅 Korean gloss: 쇠퇴하여 없어지다
• 기쇠하다氣衰 Korean gloss: 기운이 줄어서 약해지다
• 쇠락되다衰落 Korean gloss: 쇠약하여 말라서 떨어지다

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

Japanese words with 衰

• 老衰ろうすい senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
• 衰退すいたい decline; degeneration; decay
• 衰えおとろえ weakening; emaciation; decline
• 衰弱すいじゃく weakness; debility; breakdown
• 古び衰えるふるびおとろえる to waste away
• 衰えるおとろえる to become weak; to decline; to wear
• 盛衰せいすい rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare
• 減衰げんすい attenuation; damping; decay
• 衰運すいうん declining fortunes
• 衰躯すいく emaciated body
• 衰残すいざん emaciated; worn-out
• 衰死すいし becoming emaciated and die; wither away

Characters sharing the phonetic 衰

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 “최” in Korean.

Other hanja read “쇠”

Other hanja with radical 衣