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枯
kū
1. dried up
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

枯
kū
dried out, withered, decayed
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

枯竭
kūjié
used up
枯茗
kūmíng
cumin (loanword)
神枯
shénkū
spiritual desolation
枯叶
kūyè
dried leaf
枯干
kūgān
withered
枯木
kūmù
dead tree
枯萎
kūwěi
to wilt
HSK 6
枯朽
kūxiǔ
withered and rotten
枯槁
kūgǎo
withered
枯水
kūshuǐ
scarce water
干枯
gānkū
withered
枯燥
kūzào
dry and dull
HSK 6
枯草
kūcǎo
withered grass
黑枯茗
hēikūmíng
black cumin
枯水期
kūshuǐqī
period of low water level (winter in north China)
枯草热
kūcǎorè
hay fever
枯萎病
kūwěibìng
blight
百草枯
bǎicǎokū
paraquat
海枯石烂
hǎikūshílàn
lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
冢中枯骨
zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,187
Word Frequency Rank
9,895 of 84,292

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