劣 is the Japanese kanji for inferiority, be inferior to, be worse. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is おと.る and its on reading is レツ.
Stroke order
Words with 劣
- 劣るto be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind
- 劣勢inferiority (e.g. numerical), inferior position, disadvantage
- 卑劣mean, contemptible, despicable
- 劣悪poor (quality, conditions, etc.), bad, inferior
- 劣化deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.), degradation, worsening
- 劣等感inferiority complex, sense of inferiority
Practice 劣 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.