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Lose Weight 痩 ソウ、チュウ、シュウ、シュ や.せる Thin 痩せる(やせる Reduce

Kanji
Onyomi ソウ、チュウ、シュウ、シュ
Kunyomi や.せる
English get thin
Examples 痩せる(やせる): (1) to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim (2) to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S
Components 疒: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
叟: old person
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 104
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading やまい・やまいだれ
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword lose weight
Koohii Story 1 The most horrific way to lose weight is from that devastating sickness that came from a monkey's crotch.
Koohii Story 2 The poor monkey obviously had a sickness. He was scratching his crotch the whole time and when he started to lose weight heavily, the caretakers knew they couldn´t save him anymore.

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades, kanji_body_health.illness

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