枯
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- コJHS
- Kun (native)
- か(れる)JHS
- か(らす)JHS
- Other languages
- 拼音ku1
- 한글go
- Hán-ViệtKhô
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 木(き)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Unicode
U+67AF
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木古
Words using this kanji
- 枯れるかれる「かれる」を参照。to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die, to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
- 枯葉かれは枯れ葉。dead leaf, dry leaves
- 枯渇こかつ元々は有った水が使い尽くされる。(地下水や、河川湖沼の)水や水分が涸れてなくなること。 物・才能が欠乏すること。つきること。使い切る。取り尽す。drying up, running dry, running out, being exhausted
- 枯死こし植物がすっかり枯れること。withering, dying
- 枯れ木かれき「かれき」の漢字表記。dead tree, withered tree, leafless tree, bare tree
- 枯れ草かれくさ「かれくさ」参照。dry grass, dead grass, hay, withered grass
- 枯れ枝かれえだdead branch (or twig, etc.), withered branch
- 枯淡こたんあっさりしているが、その中に渋い趣があるさま。elegant simplicity
- 枯燥こそう干乾びること。drying up, parching
- 枯節かれぶしhigh grade katsuobushi (with mold)
- 枯葦かれあしwithered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)
- 枯菊かれぎくwithered chrysanthemum in winter
- 枯葎かれむぐらcreeping plant withered in the winter cold
- 枯槁ここう草木が枯死すること。 窶れること。withering, dying (plants), growing skinny, wasting away
- 枯滝かれたきdried up waterfall, dry waterfall, simulated waterfall in a dry garden
- 枯茶からちゃtawny brown, dark vermillion
- 枯骨ここつ死んで白骨化した骨。また、それに似たようなもの。remaining bones after decay of a corpse, a person's weathered bones, dead person, the deceased
- 枯らすからすからす 参照to let dry, to kill (vegetation), to season (lumber)
- 枯れ野かれのdesolate field, withered field
- 枯草熱こそうねつ花粉症。アレルギー性鼻炎。hay fever, pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-4-5- Four Corner
4496.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a5.26- Heisig
- 219
- Nelson
- 2238