漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
痩: get thin
N1 (our estimate)12 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 疒sickness(meaning)
- 叟(form)
疒 carries the meaning · 叟 is drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 痩身そうしんslim figure; slender body
やせるyaseru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 痩せるやせるto become thin; to lose weight; to slim
- 夏痩なつやせlosing weight over the summer
Also read チュウ, シュウ, シュ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
叟
Also built on 叟
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side痩 get thin · 疒
vs捜 search · 扌In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 瘦 · shòu
痩 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 瘦 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 瘦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 瘦 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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