Memory phrase for the character: 衰

衰

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Meaning

become weak, to decline, wither, fade

Pronunciation

SUI
otoroeru

Explanation

 Sorrow, distress 哀 (Clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow,) with a further dash 一 for a cut, that duplicates the hole

Mnemonic
 
The clothes with the many holes show the decline.

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.
哀 to grieveClothes 衣 with a hole causes sorrow 口.




 Vocabulary

衰弱 すいじゃく  weakness, debility, prostration
老衰 ろうすい  senility, senile decay
衰える おとろえる  to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away

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