枯 – wither, die, dry up

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1749 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 枯 means wither, die, dry up, be seasoned. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.れる、か.らす (kareru, karasu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	か.れる	kareru
Kun’yomi	か.らす	karasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 口・十・木.

Words using 枯

枯れるかれるto wither (of a plant)

Example sentences

その花は水がないために枯れた。

The flower died for lack of water.

Tatoeba #211929

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.