Primary radical
衣 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 衰.
衣 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 衰.
衰 is decomposed as ⿻衣⿻口一.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 6 · to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
HSK 7-9 · to weaken; to attenuate
HSK 7-9 · organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
HSK 7-9 · to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
HSK 7-9 · weak; feeble
HSK 7-9 · to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
没有人能逃过衰老。
Méi yǒu rén néng táo guò shuāi lǎo。No one can escape growing old.
weak, feeble; to decline, to falter
衰 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
衣 is the radical in 衰. It can provide a meaning-side clue.
衰老 (shuāilǎo): to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak; 衰减 (shuāijiǎn): to weaken; to attenuate; 衰竭 (shuāijié): organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine).