朽
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「木」+音符「丂」（「考」の略体）。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- キュウJHS
- Kun (native)
- く(ちる)JHS
- Nanori (used in names)
- くつ
- Other languages
- 拼音xiu3
- 한글hu
- Hán-ViệtHủ
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 6 strokes
- Radical
- 木(き)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+673D
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木丂
Words using this kanji
- 朽廃きゅうはい朽ち果てて崩れること。腐って役立たずになること。decay, dilapidation
- 朽壊きゅうかいrotting and crumbling
- 朽ちるくちる木が腐ってぼろぼろになる。 名声などが衰える。to rot, to decay, to die in obscurity, to be forgotten with time
- 朽ち葉くちばdecayed leaves, russet, tawny, yellow-brown
- 朽ち木くちきdecayed tree, rotted tree, decayed wood, rotten wood
- 朽ち葉色くちばいろrusset, tawny, yellow-brown
- 朽ち果てるくちはてるすっかり腐って元の姿を失う。 世間に知られぬまま死ぬ。to rot away, to crumble to dust, to decay completely, to fall to ruins
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-2- Four Corner
4192.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a2.6- Heisig
- 1331
- Nelson
- 2175