| 3760 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1191 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 29468 | Morohashi |
| 4800 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2462 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2533 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脆弱 【ゼイジャク】 weak, frail, fragile
- 脆化 【ゼイカ】 embrittlement
Kun reading compounds
- 脆い 【もろい】 brittle, fragile, weak, frail, tender-hearted, sentimental, easily moved
Readings
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4b6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7721.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8106 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
958 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弱 【ジャク】 a little less than, a little under, slightly fewer than, weakness, the weak, low (setting), -lower (seismic intensity)
- 弱者 【ジャクシャ】 weak person, the weak, vulnerable person, disadvantaged person
- 精神薄弱 【セイシンハクジャク】 feeble-mindedness, intellectual disability
- 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak
Kun reading compounds
- 弱い 【よわい】 weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)
- 弱い経済 【よわいけいざい】 weak economy
- 弱る 【よわる】 to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health), to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited, to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed
- 弱まる 【よわまる】 to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
- 弱める 【よわめる】 to weaken
Readings
- Korean:
- yag
Spanish
- débil
- endeble
- delicado
- debilitarse
- debilitar
Portuguese
- frágil
- fraco
French
- faible
- fragile
| 236 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 154 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 138 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 819 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 650 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 595 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 169 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1647 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 218 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 218 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 112 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 610 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1499 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1080 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1244 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9791P | Morohashi |
| 1167 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1692 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1236 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1323 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3553 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3h7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 1712.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f31 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
- 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
- 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
- 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
- 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
- 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
- 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
- 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
Kun reading compounds
- 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- sexo
- género
- naturaleza
- temperamento
Portuguese
- sexo
- gênero
- natureza
French
- sexe
- genre
- nature
- propriétés
| 645 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 723 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1666 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 535 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 564 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 98 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 421 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 811 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 357 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 222 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1572 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10478 | Morohashi |
| 299 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1822 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1558 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1679 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 119 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 690 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 9501.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6027 | Unicode hex code |