Kanken 1
癆

Meaning

Kanji 癆

debilitation

debilitation, pain, rash

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
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Onyomi 音読み
ロウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
17
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
憥 • 耮 • 撈 • 嶗 • 澇 • 勞

Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 3 entries that include this kanji.

労咳

ろうがい

pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)

労症

ろうしょう

tabes

脊髄癆

せきずいろう

tabes dorsalis

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は長い病でひどく癆れてしまった。

He became terribly debilitated and gaunt after a long illness.

旅から戻った彼女は少し癆れて見えた。

When she returned from the trip, she looked a little worn and thin.

その古い薬書には癆による痛みの記述がある。

That old medical text contains a description of pain caused by that condition.

医者は皮膚の癆を悪化させないよう注意した。

The doctor warned them not to let the skin rash get worse.

暑さと疲れで彼の体はすっかり癆れていた。

From the heat and exhaustion, his body had become completely worn down.