# 弱 — Weak

Frequency rank 846 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 富 (Rich), less common than 伸 (Stretch).

- On’yomi: じゃく
- Kun’yomi: よわ
- Radical: 弓 Bow (Kangxi 57)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Two bows (bow + bow) droop on the left and right, each dripping with ice (ice + ice) — the bows are so weak they sag and freeze, encrusted in ice, too feeble to draw.

In words:

- 弱い よわい — weak
- 弱 じゃく — weakness;the weak;little less then
- 弱る よわる — to weaken;to be troubled;to be downcast;to be emaciated;to be dejected;to be perplexed;to impair

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