脆

Translingual

Han character

脆 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓一山 (BNMU), four-corner 7721₂, composition ⿰⺼危)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 982, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8106

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Chinese

trad.		脆
simp. #		脆
alternative forms		膬 脺 脃／脆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (絕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蕝	*ʔsods, *ʔsod
脃	*sʰods
脆	*sʰods
絕	*zod

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 脆

1. crisp

   脆皮燒肉／脆皮烧肉  ―  cuì pí shāoròu  ―  siu yuk with crispy skin

2. (of voices) clear; crisp

   清脆  ―  qīngcuì  ―  clear and crisp

3. brittle; fragile

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Japanese

Kanji

脆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. brittle
2. fragile
3. easy to beat
4. sentimental
5. susceptible

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei); せい (sei)
• Kun: もろい (moroi, 脆い); よわい (yowai, 脆い)

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Korean

Hanja

脆 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

1. crisp
2. fragile, frail
3. brittle