Memory phrase for the character: 枯

枯

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Meaning

wither, decay, blasted

Pronunciation

KO
kareru/rasu

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: old 古 (= tomb stone)

Mnemonic
 
When a tree is old it withers and decays.

Radicals

木 tree
古 oldPicture of a gravestone




 Vocabulary

枯れる かれる  to wither, to die (plant), to be blasted (plant)
枯葉 かれは  dead leaf; dry leaf
枯れ木 かれき  dead tree; withered tree

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