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Kanji Detail for 枯 - "wither, dry, fade"
枯
- Meaning
枯 means "wither, dry, fade."
To wither - To dry up; to lose moisture.
To decline - To lose vitality.
To decay - To crumble; to die.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wither; die; dry up; be seasoned
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dried out, withered, decayed
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring; (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
dried out, withered, decayed
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Withered. When plants do not flourish, they are called 枯. Colloquially, wealth and poverty are also called 榮枯. | Dry. When tears are exhausted, it is called 淚枯. Describing emaciation is called 枯槁. | Paralysis of limbs is called 偏枯, meaning partial disability. Now uneven distribution is also called 偏枯. | Not rich or moist is called 枯. Such as 搜索枯腸 means completely exhausted. Also, unadorned prose is called 枯寂.
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Sentences including 枯
それらの花は枯れてしまった。
Those flowers have died.
川が枯れかけている。
The river is running dry.
The leaves fell from the trees.
この花は枯れかけている。
These flowers are dying.
The flowers were dying without water.
All the flowers in the garden died for lack of water.
The flowers died for lack of water.
All the flowers in the garden withered.