衰
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(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
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How 衰 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person in a robe 衣 with an injury 一 to his head 口
How to remember it
decline · Heisig RSH #1678
哀 grief + walking stick
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 衰 as their sound component
These characters all use 衰 (shuāi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衰 sound component | shuāi | weak, feeble; to decline, to falter |
| 蓑 | suō | straw raincoat |
| 榱 | cuī | rafter |
Words containing 衰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年老力衰 | nián lǎo lì shuāi | old and weak (idiom) |
| 放射性衰变 | fàng shè xìng shuāi biàn | radioactive decay |
| 衰变曲线 | shuāi biàn qū xiàn | decay curves |
| 国势日衰 | guó shì rì shuāi | national decline |
| 衰之以属 | shuāi zhī yǐ shǔ | to treat a debility according to its nature |
| 经久不衰 | jīng jiǔ bù shuāi | unfailing; never-ending |
| 衰变热 | shuāi biàn rè | decay heat |
| 半衰期 | bàn shuāi qī | (physics) half-life |
| 未老先衰 | wèi lǎo xiān shuāi | to age prematurely |
| 经济衰退 | jīng jì shuāi tuì | (economic) recession |
| 神经衰弱 | shén jīng shuāi ruò | nervous exhaustion; neurasthenia; mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now und… |
| 精神衰弱 | jīng shén shuāi ruò | psychasthenia; obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| 不衰 | bù shuāi | unfailing; never weakening; enduring; unstoppable |
| 衰人 | shuāi rén | loser; jerk |
| 衰退期 | shuāi tuì qī | recession (in economics) |
| 衰老 | shuāi lǎo | to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak |
| 由盛转衰 | yóu shèng zhuǎn shuāi | from prosperity to decline; at its peak before the decline |
| 衰运 | shuāi yùn | decline in fortunes |
| 衰变 | shuāi biàn | radioactive decay |
| 光纤衰减 | guāng xiān shuāi jiǎn | optical attenuation |