劣 inferiority, be inferior to, be worse 6 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1620 in newspapers Readings Onレツ Kunおと.る In Chinese 劣 Words written with it 劣る おとる to be inferior to N3 劣勢 れっせい inferiority (e.g. numerical) 劣化 れっか deterioration (in quality 劣悪 れつあく poor (quality, conditions, etc.) 卑劣 ひれつ mean 劣等感 れっとうかん inferiority complex 優劣 ゆうれつ (relative) merits 見劣り みおとり unfavourable comparison 拙劣 せつれつ clumsy