弱 means “weak”

よわい · yowai

Also: frail

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よわい, よわる, よわまる, よわめる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジャク

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 10 strokes

The story

Two young bows with trailing decorations: bows still too soft to fire, strength not yet arrived. Japanese cherishes the underdog: weakness, in stories and sumo alike, is a stage of becoming.

Used in 弱い (yowai, weak), 弱点 (jakuten, weak point), and 病弱 (byoujaku, sickly)

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