Word details
佳人薄命
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 佳人薄命.
Dictionary
Entry
1
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
Examples
才子多病、佳人薄命。
Whom the gods love die young.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
佳
excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
8 strokesFrequency 1,643JLPT N1Grade 8
On
カ
Nanori
けいよし
人
person
2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ジンニン
Kun
ひと-り-と
Nanori
じとねひこふみ
薄
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
16 strokesFrequency 1,009JLPT N2Grade 8
On
ハク
Kun
うす.いうす--うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら-うす.れるすすき
命
fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
8 strokesFrequency 465JLPT N2Grade 3
On
メイミョウ
Kun
いのち
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