Chinese symbol for “shriveled”
干枯
gān kū
Traditional: 乾枯
withered; shriveled; dried-up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shriveled is 干枯 (gān kū), defined as: withered; shriveled; dried-up.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shriveled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枯干 (枯乾) | kū gān | dried up; shriveled; withered |
| 瘪 (癟) | biě | deflated; shriveled |
| 干瘪 (乾癟) | gān biě | dried out; wizened |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 干枯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 枯竭 | kū jié | used up; dried up |
| 枯燥 | kū zào | dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shriveled”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.