枯 kū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
枯竭
kūjié
depleted; exhausted
Characters in this word
竭 jié
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- Made of
- 立 to stand 曷 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 过度抽取地下水使沿海含水层日益枯竭，海水倒灌的风险随之上升。 Guòdù chōuqǔ dìxiàshuǐ shǐ yánhǎi hánshuǐcéng rìyì kūjié, hǎishuǐ dàoguàn de fēngxiǎn suízhī shàngshēng. Excessive extraction of groundwater is leaving coastal aquifers increasingly depleted, and the risk of seawater intrusion is rising accordingly.
- 夏天太干，村里的那口井已经枯竭了。 Xiàtiān tài gān, cūn li de nà kǒu jǐng yǐjīng kūjié le. The summer was so dry that the village well has run dry.
- 连续加班几个月后，他觉得自己的精力快要枯竭了。 Liánxù jiābān jǐ ge yuè hòu, tā juéde zìjǐ de jīnglì kuài yào kūjié le. After months of overtime, he felt his energy was nearly exhausted.
Related words
- 枯燥 kūzào dry, boring
- 干枯 gānkū dried up; withered
- 枯萎 kūwěi withered; wilted
- 竭尽全力 jiéjìnquánlì to do one's utmost
- 竭力 jiélì to try one's utmost; with all one's might
- 精疲力竭 jīngpílìjié exhausted; worn out
- 衰竭 shuāijié to fail; to become exhausted
- 炼 liàn to refine; to smelt; to temper through training
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 生产线 shēngchǎnxiàn production line
- 勘探 kāntàn to prospect; to explore
- 能耗 nénghào energy consumption