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Kanji Details

劣

Strokes: 6
IDC: ⿱
Frequency: 1490

Readings

On'yomi: レツ(漢)、レチ(呉)
Kun'yomi: おと（る）、いや（しい）
Nanori:
English: inferiority; be inferior to; be worse; inferior

Radical: 力 ( ちから・りきづくり ), power, force

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Grade/Category

JLPT Level: N1 (advanced)
Kanji Kentei Level: 4
Jōyō (1st grade of junior high school)

彼(かれ)はスポーツのおかげで劣等(れっとう)感(かん)が直(なお)った。: Sports cured him of his inferiority complex.
そのため、派遣(はけん)労働(ろうどう)者(しゃ)は劣悪(れつあく)な労働(ろうどう)条件(じょうけん)の下(した)で働(はたら)いている。: For that reason, temporary workers are working under inferior conditions.
父(ちち)は母(はは)に劣(おと)らず私(わたし)を熱愛(ねつあい)した。: My father loved me no less passionately than my mother.

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