弱

ruò = ru + o4

weak / feeble / young / inferior / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

弱 = 冫 + 弓 : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) created a piece of art in the observatory's bathroom (o4). She joined many composite bows (弓) by sticking their ends into popsicles (冫) which weren frozen again afterwards. Her whole construction is a huge armchair, but it is very fragile and weak (弱), so Rachel puts on it many of these "handle with care" stickers.

ruò = ru + o4

weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

弱 character breakdown

弱
- 冫
- 弓

bi̅ng = bi + (e)ng1

"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]

Brunhilde (bi) is eating a popsicle (冫) while sitting in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

surname Gong

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)

Mnemonic symbol: a composite bow. Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

Characters with 弱 as component

nì = ni + Ø4

to drown / to indulge / addicted to / to spoil (a child)

niào = ni + ao4

variant of 尿[niao4]

ruò = ru + o4

young rush (Typha japonica), a kind of cattail

niǎo = ni + ao3

delicate / graceful

nuò = nu + o4

(literary) to hold (in the hand) / to challenge / to provoke

ruò = ru + o4

cuticle of bamboo plant

ruò = ru + o4

siskin

Words with 弱

to weaken / to impair / to cripple

too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate / fragile state of health

delicate

not to be outdone

old and weak (idiom)

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness

weak interaction (physics)

the weak force (in particle physics)

weak side / off side (sports)

the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)

Sentences with 弱

弱 currently does not appear in any sentence.