朽 — Chinese character
朽
xiǔ
decayed, rotten
- Pinyin
- xiǔ
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 木 丂
- Formation
- ideographic — The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木
- Japanese
- 朽 as a kanji
Common words with 朽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 不朽 | bù xiǔ | to last forever; eternal; enduring |
| 老朽 | lǎo xiǔ | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) |
| 朽木 | xiǔ mù | rotten wood |
| 永垂不朽 | yǒng chuí bù xiǔ | eternal glory; will never be forgotten |
| 朽坏 (朽壞) | xiǔ huài | rotten |
| 衰朽 | shuāi xiǔ | decaying; decrepit |
| 朽烂 (朽爛) | xiǔ làn | rotten |
| 三不朽 | sān bù xiǔ | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德 (lì dé), one's service 立功 (lì gōng) and one |
| 枯朽 | kū xiǔ | withered and rotten |
| 朽蠹 | xiǔ dù | to decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots |
| 颓朽 (頹朽) | tuí xiǔ | decaying; rotten |
English words written with 朽
朽 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1
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