漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
枯: wither, die
Also: dry up, be seasoned
JLPT N29 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 古 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 栄枯盛衰えいこせいすいups and downs, vicissitudes
- 枯渇するこかつするdry up, become exhausted
かれるkareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 枯れるかれるwhither, be blasted [v.i.]
- 枯れ葉かれはdead leaf, withered lead
- 枯れ木かれきdead tree, withered tree
からすkarasu · kun'yomi
- 枯らすからすlet wither, blast [v.t.]
- 木枯らしこがらしcold wintry wind
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
古
Also built on old (古)
枯 takes the 古 family's reading, コ (ko).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side枯 wither · 木 + 古
vs和 harmony · 禾 + 口In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kū
Same form: 枯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 枯 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 枯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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