# 衰 decline,wane

哀 (pitiful) + 一 (one/line radical)
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10 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

SUI | The SWEETness of sugar cane wanes if you don't eat it all at once.

## Mnemonic

| Let's call the horizontal line a rusty screwdriver, shall we? That way we can say. . . The pitiful guy declined even more when he got his whiney mouth pierced by a rusty screwdriver!

## Kunyomi

おとろ*える | a decline in life-energy. (used only about living things) Usually brought about by sickness, aging, or stress. ★☆☆☆☆
おとろ＊え | a decline ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

衰退(すいたい) | decline ★★☆☆☆ 衰 (decline,wane) + 退 (retreat) = 衰退 (decline) decline of the economy, decline and fall of the Roman empire, decline of Western Civilization Part 2.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
哀 | pitiful | MOUTH | 口
衰 | decline,wane | HORIZONTAL LINE | 一

When you rap, the rhymes from out your MOUTH is pitiful, but. . .

When I stab your mouth with a HORIZONTAL LINE (dagger) your health wanes.

## Synonyms

decline 衰え 衰退
feeble 軟弱 よわい か細い 衰弱 枯れる 衰 悪化する 廃れる