Kanji 劣
6 strokes
Meaning
inferiority, be inferior to, be worse
- On'yomi
- レツ
- Kun'yomi
- おとる
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 力 power (19)
- JLPT
- N1
- School grade
- Secondary school
- Kanken
- 4級
- Frequency
- #1620 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Words with 劣
- N3
劣る
おとる
to fall behind, to be inferior to
Example sentences
この点で私は彼に劣る。
I fall behind him in this respect.
彼女は他のどの学生にも劣らず勉強する。
She works as hard as any other student.
彼は兄に劣らず利口だ。
He isn't less clever than his brother.
Look-alike kanji
Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.
Other kanji with radical “power” 力
- 力power
- 動move
- 務task
- 加add
- 勝victory
- 勢forces
- 助help
- 労labor
- 効merit
- 努toil
- 募recruit
- 勤diligence
- 功achievement
- 勉exertion
- 勧persuade
- 励encourage
- 勇courage
- 勘intuition
- 勲meritorious deed
- 劾censure
- 勅imperial order
- 劫threat
- 勁strong
- 勃suddenness
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