脆い

もろい · moroi · JLPT N1 · i-adj

fragile

脆 — meat radical 月 + 危 wēi (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the meat radical 月 (flesh) suggests something physical or edible, while 危 hints at the sound. Originally written 脃, it described meat that was tender and easily broken, later extending to anything brittle, crisp, or fragile.

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