The kanji 劣: meaning, readings and stroke order

劣

Meaning: inferior, worse
On reading: レツ retsu
Kun reading: おと（る） otoru
Strokes: 6
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kém, thua kém (liệt)
Japanese: おとる。よくない。
Korean: 못하다, 뒤떨어지다 (렬·열)
Chinese: 差、劣

Readings, words and example sentences

レツ retsu · on reading · less common

劣れつ悪あく
very poor, bad (conditions)
劣れつ悪あくな環境を改善します。
They improve the poor conditions.

おと（る） otoru · kun reading

劣おとる
to be worse than, to fall behind
だれにも 劣おとりません。
I am not worse than anyone.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.