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枯

kū

HSK 6 Character

What 枯 means

1. (of plants) withered
2. (of wells, rivers etc) dried up
3. bound formdull; boring
4. bound formresidue of pressed oilseeds

Example sentences

• 花儿都干枯了。
  The flowers have all withered.
• 我灵感枯竭了。
  My inspiration has run dry.
• 鲜花因缺水而枯萎
  The flowers withered for want of water.
• 那些花已经枯死了。
  Those flowers have died.
• 一片枯叶落到了地上。
  Yī piàn kūyè luò dào le dìshang.
  A dead leaf fell to the ground.
• 生菜叶子很容易枯掉。
  Shēngcài yèzi hěn róngyì kū diào.
  Lettuce leaves wither easily.

Words starting with 枯

• 枯燥kū zàodry and dull; uninteresting; tedious
• 枯竭kū jiéused up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
• 枯萎kū wěito wilt; to wither; wilted
• 枯叶kū yèdead leaf; withered leaf
• 枯树kū shùwithered tree
• 枯草kū cǎowithered grass; dry grass
• 枯木kū mùdead tree
• 枯死kū sǐ(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead
• 枯干kū gāndried up; shriveled; withered
• 枯寂kū jìbleak; desolate; devoid of liveliness
• 枯水kū shuǐscarce water; low water level
• 枯水期kū shuǐ qīdry season; low-water period
• 枯草热kū cǎo rèhay fever
• 枯叶剂kū yè jìAgent Orange (herbicide)
• 枯燥无味kū zào wú wèitedious; dreary
• 枯草杆菌kū cǎo gǎn jūnbacillus subtilis
• 枯木逢春kū mù féng chūnlit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); fig. to get a new lease on life…
• 枯萎病kū wěi bìngblight
• 枯朽kū xiǔwithered and rotten
• 枯茗kū míng(loanword) cumin
• 枯槁kū gǎo(of vegetation) withered; (of a person) haggard

Words containing 枯

• 干枯gān kūwithered; shriveled; dried-up
• 荣枯róng kūflourishing and withering (of plants); (fig.) prosperity and decline
• 油枯yóu kūoil cake; press cake
• 神枯shén kūspiritual desolation
• 搜索枯肠sōu suǒ kū chángto rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
• 海枯石烂hǎi kū shí làn(lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); (fig.) forever…
• 巴枯宁主义Bā kū níng zhǔ yìBakuninism, the political and social theories associated with the Russian revolutionary…
• 冢中枯骨zhǒng zhōng kū gǔdried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
• 黑枯茗hēi kū míngblack cumin (Nigella sativa)
• 百草枯bǎi cǎo kūparaquat

Characters built on 古

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

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin

Characters that look like 枯

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

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 柱zhùpillar
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 拈niānto nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with

Sounds the same

Read kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哭to cry; to weep
• 窟cave; hole
• 圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• 骷used in 骷髅
• 堀cave; hole
• 刳to cut open; rip up; scoop out
• 矻used in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù
• 圐used in 圐圙
• 跍to squat