Japanese Word Entry
弱肉強食| Kana: | じゃくにくきょうしょく |
| Romaji: | jakunikukyoushoku |
| Definition: | survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle, the weak are meat the strong do eat |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 弱 | weak, frail, fragile, delicate |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖㄨㄛˋ (ruò) |
| Cantonese: | joek6 |
| Japanese: | ジャク (jaku)、 ニャク (nyaku) / よわ.い (yowai)、 よわ.る (yowaru)、 よわ.まる (yowamaru)、 よわ.める (yowameru) |
| Korean: | 약 (yag) |
| Vietnamese: | nhược |
| 肉 | meat, flesh, Kangxi radical 130 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖㄡˋ (ròu), ㄖㄨˋ (rù) |
| Cantonese: | juk6 |
| Japanese: | ニク (niku)、 ジュウ (juu) / しし (shishi) |
| Korean: | 육 (yug), 유 (yu) |
| Vietnamese: | nhục, nhụ, nậu |
| 強 | strong, powerful, energetic |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄑㄧㄤˊ (qiáng), ㄐㄧㄤˋ (jiàng), ㄑㄧㄤˇ (qiǎng) |
| Cantonese: | koeng4 |
| Japanese: | キョウ (kyou)、 ゴウ (gou) / つよ.い (tsuyoi)、 つよ.まる (tsuyomaru)、 つよ.める (tsuyomeru)、 し.いる (shiiru)、 こわ.い (kowai) |
| Korean: | 강 (gang) |
| Vietnamese: | cường, cưỡng, càng, cướng, cượng, gàn, gàng, gắng, gương, gượng, ngượng, càng |
| 食 | eat, food, meal, Kangxi radical 184 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕˊ (shí), ㄙˋ (sì), ㄧˋ (yì) |
| Cantonese: | sik6 |
| Japanese: | ショク (shoku)、 ジキ (jiki)、 シ (shi) / く.う (kuu)、 く.らう (kurau)、 た.べる (taberu)、 は.む (hamu) |
| Korean: | 식 (sig), 사 (sa) |
| Vietnamese: | thực, tự |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 飠 |