| 1 | 枯 | 枯 | kū | ku1 | dried up | | |
| 2 | 枯燥 | 枯燥 | kū zào | ku1 zao4 | dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust | | |
| 3 | 枯竭 | 枯竭 | kū jié | ku1 jie2 | used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources) | | |
| 4 | 枯草热 | 枯草熱 | kū cǎo rè | ku1 cao3 re4 | hay fever | | |
| 5 | 枯水期 | 枯水期 | kū shuǐ qī | ku1 shui3 qi1 | period of low water level (winter in north China) | | |
| 6 | 枯水 | 枯水 | kū shuǐ | ku1 shui3 | scarce water; low water level | | |
| 7 | 枯木死灰 | 枯木死灰 | kū mù sǐ huī | ku1 mu4 si3 hui1 | living corpse (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 冢中枯骨 | 塚中枯骨 | zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ | zhong3 zhong1 ku1 gu3 | dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried | | |
| 9 | 枯木 | 枯木 | kū mù | ku1 mu4 | dead tree | | |
| 10 | 枯茗 | 枯茗 | kū míng | ku1 ming2 | cumin (loanword) | | |
| 11 | 枯寂 | 枯寂 | kū jì | ku1 ji4 | dull and lonely | | |
| 12 | 枯骨重生 | 枯骨重生 | kū gǔ chóng shēng | ku1 gu3 chong2 sheng1 | revival of the dead (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 枯槁 | 枯槁 | kū gǎo | ku1 gao3 | withered; haggard; languid; without energy | | |
| 14 | 枯干 | 枯乾 | kū gān | ku1 gan1 | withered | | |
| 15 | 巴枯宁主义 | 巴枯寧主義 | bā kū níng zhǔ yì | Ba1 ku1 ning2 zhu3 yi4 | Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory | | |
| 16 | 枯草杆菌 | 枯草桿菌 | kū cǎo gǎn jūn | ku1 cao3 gan3 jun1 | bacillus subtilis | | |
| 17 | 枯草 | 枯草 | kū cǎo | ku1 cao3 | withered grass; dry grass | | |
| 18 | 黑枯茗 | 黑枯茗 | hēi kū míng | hei1 ku1 ming2 | black cumin; Nigella sativa | | |
| 19 | 海枯石烂 | 海枯石爛 | hǎi kū shí làn | hai3 ku1 shi2 lan4 | lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom); fig. forever; until the end of time | | |
| 20 | 干枯 | 乾枯 | gān kū | gan1 ku1 | withered; dried up | | |
| 21 | 得失荣枯 | 得失榮枯 | dé shī róng kū | de2 shi1 rong2 ku1 | the vicissitudes of life (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 摧枯拉朽 | 摧枯拉朽 | cuī kū lā xiǔ | cui1 ku1 la1 xiu3 | to destroy sth. already deteriorating (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 唇枯舌烂 | 唇枯舌爛 | chún kū shé làn | chun2 ku1 she2 lan4 | to talk oneself hoarse (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 唇枯舌焦 | 唇枯舌焦 | chún kū shé jiāo | chun2 ku1 she2 jiao1 | lips and tongue become parched (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 财源枯竭 | 財源枯竭 | cái yuán kū jié | cai2 yuan2 ku1 jie2 | The resources are exhausted. (idiom) | | |