| 1875 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1909 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1520 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1302 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1260 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1507 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1696 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1812 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1728 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 594 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3881 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1998 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2697 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1190 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9378 | Morohashi |
| 3128 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1624 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1182 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1266 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1428 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
commonplace, ordinary, employment
- On:
- ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2038 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 庸 【ヨウ】 tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period), tax in kind, mediocrity
- 庸君 【ヨウクン】 stupid ruler
- 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
- 凡庸 【ボンヨウ】 mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, banal
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つね、 のぶ、 やす
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- común
- ordinario
- mediocre
- contratar
- dar empleo
Portuguese
- lugar comum
- comum
- emprego
French
- banal
- ordinaire
- emploi
| 553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5eb8 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |