Chinese Word: 枯 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

枯HSK 6

Pinyin: kū

English Definition: dried up

Chinese Definition:
①失去水分，水全没有了：干枯。枯萎。枯槁。枯荣。枯鱼衔索(串在绳索上的干鱼，形容存日不多)。
②没趣味，无生趣：枯燥。枯肠(喻枯涩贫乏的思路)。

Antonyms: 荣

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 木

Ideographic:An old 古 tree 木; 古 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 古 [ gǔ ] old, classic, ancient

Similar Characters: 柏轱诂牯怙祜姑沽

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枯竭	kū jié	used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
枯燥HSK 6	kū zào	dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust
干枯	gān kū	withered; dried up
枯萎HSK 6	kū wěi	to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted
枯草	kū cǎo	withered grass; dry grass

1		táo huā 桃花 bèi lěi 蓓蕾 kū wěi 枯萎 le 了。 The peach buds aborted.
2		tā 她 tái qǐ 抬起 tóu 头， kàn dào 看到 yī kē 一颗 kū wěi 枯萎 de 的 shù shàng 树上， hái 还 guà zhe 挂着 jǐ 几 piàn 片 yè zi 叶子。 She looked up and saw a withered tree with a few leaves still hanging on it.