枯

枯 — wither, die, dry up

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1749 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こ ko
Kun'yomi: か.れる ka.reru

か.らす ka.rasu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 枯

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

枯れるかれる to wither (of a plant) JLPT N2