IDENTITY
弱ruòweak
HSK 4Top 600
CORE MEANING
weak
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.weakHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 弓bow radical (gōng)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰⿹弓冫⿹弓冫
- bows
- the slack between
USAGE
Common words
弱点ruòdiǎnweakness
减弱jiǎnruòto weaken
Graded examples
年纪大了，身体变弱了。Niánjì dà le, shēntǐ biàn ruò le.HSK5
With age, the body gets weaker.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 羽
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two bows (弓) drooping on either side — slack, weak.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #600
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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