劣

Translingual

Alternative forms

Note that there are two Unicode z-variants, with code points U+52A3 and U+F99D.

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 少 (“little, less”) + 力 (“strength”). 少 also functions as phonetic.

Han character

劣 (radical 19 力+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 火竹大尸 (FHKS), four-corner 9042₇)

1. bad, inferior
2. slightly

References

• KangXi: page 146, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2302
• Dae Jaweon: page 330, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 367, character 5
• Unihan data for U+52A3
• Unihan data for U+F99D
• Zhongwen: 劣

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

劣 (Yale lyut3)

---

Japanese

Kanji

劣 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: れつ (retsu)
• Kun: おとる (otoru)

Compounds

• 劣等 (れっとう, rettō, “inferior”)

---

Korean

Hanja

劣 (hangeul 렬, revised ryeol, McCune-Reischauer ryŏl)

---

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Hanzi

劣 (pinyin liè (lie4), Wade-Giles lieh⁴)

---

Vietnamese

Han character

劣 (liệt, lẹt)