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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)

干枯
gānkū
withered
枯干
kūgān
withered
枯木
kūmù
dead tree
枯朽
kūxiǔ
withered and rotten
枯槁
kūgǎo
withered
枯水
kūshuǐ
scarce water
枯燥
kūzào
dry and dull
HSK 6
枯竭
kūjié
used up
枯茗
kūmíng
cumin (loanword)
枯草
kūcǎo
withered grass
枯萎
kūwěi
to wilt
HSK 6
枯叶
kūyè
dried leaf
神枯
shénkū
spiritual desolation
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
黑枯茗
hēikūmíng
black cumin
冢中枯骨
zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
搜索枯肠
sōusuǒkūcháng
to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

Metadata

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

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