Memory phrase for the character: 枯

枯

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Meaning

withered, dried up

Pronunciation

kū

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but better as the image of a tomb stone)

Mnemonic
 
The tree is old and withered.

Radicals

木 tree
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.




 Vocabulary

枯萎 kū wěi  to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted
干枯 gān kū  withered; dried up
枯竭 kū jié  used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ  dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ  

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