衰 decline,wane

10 strokes

ILL PAIR

哀 (pitiful) + 一 (one/line radical)

ONYOMI: SUI

The SWEETness of sugar cane wanes if you don't eat it all at once.

Let's call the horizontal line a rusty screwdriver, shall we? That way we can say. . .
The pitiful guy declined even more when he got his whiney mouth pierced by a rusty screwdriver!

DESCRIPTION: -

KUNYOMI:

おとろ*える: a decline in life-energy. (used only about living things) Usually brought about by sickness, aging, or stress.
おとろ＊え: a decline

JUKUGO:

衰退 ( すいたい ): decline of the economy, decline and fall of the Roman empire, decline of Western Civilization Part 2.
衰 (decline,wane) + 退 (retreat) = 衰退 (decline)

LOOKALIKES:

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
哀	pitiful	MOUTH	口
衰	decline,wane	HORIZONTAL LINE	一

When you rap, the rhymes from out your MOUTH is pitiful, but. . .

When I stab your mouth with a HORIZONTAL LINE (dagger) your health wanes.