劣 — inferiority, be inferior to, be worse

おとる劣 inferiority

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+52A3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1620 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #926 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

inferiority
be inferior to
be worse

word

おと oto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

劣(おと) る otoru to be inferior

れっ re Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

劣(れっ) 化(か) rekka deterioration

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

しょう少 few

ちから力 power #19

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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