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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 枯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
枯 kū - (of plants) withered
- (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up
- (bound form) dull; boring
- (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds

List Ranking for: 枯

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 23,174 12,530 11,077

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 木 古

Radical:

木

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

An old 古 tree 木; 古 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 枯

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
枯燥 6 6 10,965 14,890 10,310
枯萎 - 7 16,994 23,791 13,519
枯竭 6 7 18,972 22,447 23,363
干枯 - 7 22,724 23,882 13,625
枯 - - 23,174 12,530 11,077
海枯石烂 - - 41,411 39,198 16,228
枯干 - - 44,092 91,751 66,755
枯叶 - - 47,449 - -
枯槁 - - 66,286 84,380 65,332