枯 kū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
枯萎
kūwěi
withered; wilted
Characters in this word
萎 wěi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 委 to appoint, to commission, to send
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果根部长期积水，原本茂盛的月季也会迅速枯萎。 Rúguǒ gēnbù chángqī jīshuǐ, yuánběn màoshèng de yuèjì yě huì xùnsù kūwěi. If water sits around the roots for too long, even a previously vigorous rose will quickly wither.
- 忘了浇水，阳台上的花都枯萎了。 Wàng le jiāo shuǐ, yángtái shang de huā dōu kūwěi le. I forgot to water them, and the flowers on the balcony all wilted.
- 秋天一到，树叶就慢慢枯萎，然后落下来。 Qiūtiān yí dào, shùyè jiù mànmàn kūwěi, ránhòu luò xiàlai. When autumn comes, the leaves slowly wither and then fall.
Related words
- 枯燥 kūzào dry, boring
- 干枯 gānkū dried up; withered
- 枯竭 kūjié depleted; exhausted
- 萎缩 wěisuō to shrink; to atrophy
- 砍伐 kǎnfá to cut down; to fell
- 茂密 màomì dense; luxuriant
- 收割 shōugē to harvest; to reap
- 茂盛 màoshèng lush; flourishing; luxuriant
- 开垦 kāikěn to reclaim wasteland; to bring land under cultivation
- 盛开 shèngkāi to be in full bloom
- 刨 páo to dig; to plane; to scrape
- 萌发 méngfā to sprout; to germinate; to emerge