| 1928 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1580 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 185 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1324 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1100 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1150 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1203 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1153 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 210 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3047 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2124 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 870 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2302 | Morohashi |
| 2395 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 524 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 862 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 926 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1062 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劣 【レツ】 sub-, inferior, minor
- 劣悪 【レツアク】 poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior, poor-quality
- 卑劣 【ヒレツ】 mean, contemptible, despicable, dirty, foul, cowardly, base
- 拙劣 【セツレツ】 clumsy, unskillful
Kun reading compounds
- 劣る 【おとる】 to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- debilidad
- inferioridad
- mala calidad
- ser inferior
- ser peor
Portuguese
- inferioridade
- está inferiorizado
- piorar
French
- infériorité
- inférieur à
- être moins bon que
| 1145 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n3.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 9042.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52a3 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
260 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 勢 【セイ】 strength, power, energy, military strength, army, (number of) troops
- 勢力 【セイリョク】 influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
- 国勢 【コクセイ】 state of a country (population, resources, etc.), condition of a country, strength of a country
- 党勢 【トウセイ】 strength of a party
- 勢 【ゼイ】 group (of people, players, companies, etc.), camp, team
- 同勢 【ドウゼイ】 party, company
- 猛勢 【モウセイ】 great strength, courageous army, valiant troops
Kun reading compounds
- 勢い 【いきおい】 force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily
- 勢い余る 【いきおいあまる】 to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.), to get carried away, to go overboard, to overdo (something)
- 弾み 【はずみ】 bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance
- 弾車 【はずみぐるま】 flywheel
Readings
- Japanese names:
- せ
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- fuerza
- poder
- influencia
- vigor
Portuguese
- forças
- energia
- vigor militar
French
- vigueur
- forces
- énergie
- puissance militaire
| 441 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 747 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 518 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 365 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 735 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 299 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 375 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2039 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 646 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 656 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 865 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 227 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3542 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1829 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2487 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1529 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2422 | Morohashi |
| 2857 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1515 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1633 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 293 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 779 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1445 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2g11.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-11-2 | SKIP code |
| 4442.7 | Four corner code |
| 4542.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 52e2 | Unicode hex code |