腐 fǔ
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 肉 — meat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
腐朽
fǔxiǔ
rotten; decayed; decadent
Characters in this word
朽 xiǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 丂 breath
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这座古桥的木桩已经腐朽，若不加固，下一场洪水就可能把它冲垮。 Zhè zuò gǔqiáo de mùzhuāng yǐjīng fǔxiǔ, ruò bù jiāgù, xià yì chǎng hóngshuǐ jiù kěnéng bǎ tā chōngkuǎ. The wooden piles of this old bridge have already decayed; if they are not reinforced, the next flood may wash it away.
- 老房子的木门已经腐朽，轻轻一推就掉了下来。 Lǎo fángzi de mùmén yǐjīng fǔxiǔ, qīngqīng yì tuī jiù diào le xiàlai. The wooden door of the old house had rotted; one light push and it fell off.
- 这种腐朽的思想早就该被淘汰了。 Zhè zhǒng fǔxiǔ de sīxiǎng zǎo jiù gāi bèi táotài le. This kind of outdated, decadent thinking should have been discarded long ago.
Related words
- 豆腐 dòufu tofu
- 腐败 fǔbài corrupt; corruption; to decay
- 腐烂 fǔlàn to rot; rotten; decayed
- 腐蚀 fǔshí to corrode; to erode; corrosion
- 耕耘 gēngyún to cultivate; to work diligently
- 耕地 gēngdì arable land; to cultivate land
- 耕 gēng to plough; to cultivate
- 灌溉 guàngài to irrigate
- 化肥 huàféi chemical fertiliser
- 肥料 féiliào fertiliser; manure
- 采摘 cǎizhāi to pick; to harvest by hand
- 采 cǎi to pick; to gather; to collect