Memory phrase for the character: 衰

衰

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Meaning to become weak, deteriorate, decline, wane

Pronunciation

cuī, shuāi

Explanation

Sorrow, distress 哀 (in the clothes 衣 a big hole 口), dash 一, e.g. for a cut

Mnemonic
 
The distress about the cut made him weak.

Radicals

衣 clothes
哀 grief
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 Vocabulary

衰落 shuāi luò  to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
衰减 shuāi jiǎn  to weaken; to attenuate
衰老 shuāi lǎo  to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
衰老 shuāi lǎo  

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