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凋

diāo

Character

What 凋 means

1. withered

Example sentences

• 花凋谢了。
  Huā diāoxiè le.
  The flowers withered up.

Words starting with 凋

• 凋零diāo língwithered; wilted; to wither
• 凋谢diāo xièto wither; to wilt; wizened
• 凋落diāo luòto wither (and drop off); to wilt; to pass away
• 凋敝diāo bìimpoverished; destitute; hard

Words containing 凋

• 民生凋敝mín shēng diāo bìthe people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom)…

Characters built on 周

These share the phonetic component 周 (zhōu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 碉diāorock cave (archaic)
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 蜩tiáocicada

Characters that look like 凋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 烯xīalkene
• 骅huáchestnut horse
• 埚guōcrucible
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed

Sounds the same

Read diāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雕to carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
• 刁artful; wicked
• 貂sable or marten (genus Martes)
• 碉rock cave (archaic)
• 鲷porgy; pagrus major
• 蛁Pomponia maculatiocollis
• 琱to engrave gems
• 汈(used in place names)