inferiority

Otoru
inferiority
Retsu
Examples
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.)
inferiority (e.g. numerical)

劣 (Otoru) is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning “inferiority, be inferior to, be worse”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 6 strokes.

On'yomi

  • Retsu

Kun'yomi

  • Otoru
JLPT
N1
Strokes
6
Taught in
secondary school

Example words with 劣

  • deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.)
  • inferiority (e.g. numerical)
  • (relative) merits

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