枯 — readings, stroke count and radical

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)
  • 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)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-5
Four Corner
4496.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a5.26
Heisig
219
Nelson
2238