The kanji 痩: meaning, readings and stroke order

痩

Meaning: get thin
On reading: ソウ sou
Kun reading: や（せる） yaseru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 疒 sickness
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Old form: 瘦

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gầy, ốm đi (sấu)
Japanese: やせる。
Korean: 여위다, 살이 빠지다 (수)
Chinese: 瘦、变瘦 (瘦)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソウ sou · on reading · less common

痩そう身しん
slender build, slim figure
痩そう身しんの男性が立っています。
A slender man is standing there.

や（せる） yaseru · kun reading · less common

痩やせる
to lose weight, to get thin
病気で少し 痩やせました。
I got a little thinner because I was sick.

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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.