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衰 means 'grow weak'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1667   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-28    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 48 words   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   スイ
Kun
   おとろえる to grow weak, decline
Components
⿻  哀 piteous  一 one  
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哀 piteous  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 衰 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 衰 is used 47 times, read 2 ways.
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スイ : 41 words FIND ALL
す い た い 0
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
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おとろえる : 6 words FIND ALL
お と ろ え る 4 お と ろ え る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
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An additional 哀 less common words include 衰 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 1456  Joy o' Kanji : 1456  Key to Kanji: - 

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衰
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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哀
アイ   あわれ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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衣
イ   ころも clothes   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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