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KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学6 strokesRadical 力

劣 · inferiority, be inferior to

劣 is a kanji meaning inferiority, be inferior to, be worse. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • レツretsu

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • おとるotoru

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In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 劣 · 1 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 劣
WordReadingMeaningLevel
劣るおとるto fall behind, to be inferior toN3

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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6 strokes
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