Meanings: weak, weakness
On Readings: ジャク jaku
Kun Readings: よわ(い) yowa(i), よわ(る) yowa(ru), よわ(まる) yowa(maru), よわ(める) yowa(meru)
Most Used Pronunciation: yowai
JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji)
Grade: 2
Kanji Part:
Stroke Number: 10
Level 3 Completion 262 / 284
   

Common jukugo
- よわ むし yowa mushi - a weakling, coward

Useful Examples

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Notes/Mnemonic
This kanji doesn't have a firm foundation.


Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.