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The kanji 枯: meaning, readings and stroke order
枯
- Meaning
- wither
- On reading
- コ ko
- Kun reading
- か（れる） kareru、か（らす） karasu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- héo, khô (khô)
- Japanese
- かれる。くさや きが しぬ。
- Korean
- 시들다, 마르다 (고)
- Chinese
- 枯萎
Readings, words and example sentences
コ ko · on reading · less common
枯死
dying from drying up (plants)
水が なくて 木が 枯死しました。
The tree dried up and died without water.
か（れる） kareru · kun reading
枯れる
to wither, to dry up (plants)
水を やらず 花が 枯れました。
I didn't water the flowers, so they withered.
か（らす） karasu · kun reading · less common
枯らす
to let (a plant) wither
うっかり 植木を 枯らして しまいました。
I carelessly let the plant wither.
Practise writing 枯 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 枯 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.