Dong Chinese dictionary

ruò

weak

urinate

Depicts two people urinating (尿). Based on the original meaning "urinate", now written as 尿/溺. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尿 Iconic component

niào, suī

urine

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 尿 than it was in ancient scripts.

尿 Iconic component

niào, suī

urine

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 尿 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

ruò

weak; fragile, delicate; feeble; young; inferior; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than

Most common words with 弱

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.705