弱
Meanings
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- 1.weak; feeble
- 2.young
- 3.inferior; not as good as
- 4.(following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
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Wiktionary
- 1.weak; feeble
- 2.fragile; delicate
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 弓 (“bow”) + 彡 (“hair, meaning "decoration" in this case”)—a decorative bow that is functionally inferior. Or it might be indicating that the bow is shaking, which implies a worn-out bow. An alternate etymology is 𢎥 + 𢎥, 𢎥 being a variant of 卷. Probably cognate with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”), see there for more (STEDT). Schuessler (2007; p. 448) and Hill (2019; p. 21) compare this word to Tibetan ཉོག་ཉོང (nyog nyong, “soft, weak”). Hill also adds Burmese ညက် (nyak, “to be smooth”) to the comparison. From this, one can reconstruct Proto-Sino-Tibetan *njewk.
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Components
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Example sentences
戰士知道自己的力量和弱點。
The warrior is conscious of both his strength and his weakness.
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