Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 衰

衰

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Meaning

 become weak, to decline, wither, fade

Pronunciation

 SUI
otoroeru

Explanation

 Sorrow, distress 哀 (Clothes 衣 with big hole 口 causes sorrow,) with a further dash 一 for a cut, that duplicates the hole

Mnemonic

The clothes with the many holes showed the decline.

Radicals

衣 clothing(The radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.)
哀 to grieve
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Vocabulary

衰弱 すいじゃく weakness, debility, prostration
老衰 ろうすい senility, senile decay
衰える おとろえる to become weak/to decline/to wear/to abate/to decay/to wither/to waste away

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