Chinese symbol for “wilt”
枯萎
kū wěi
to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wilt is 枯萎 (kū wěi), defined as: to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wilt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打蔫 | dǎ niān | (of a plant) to wilt; to droop; (fig.) to be listless; to be dispirited |
| 发蔫 (發蔫) | fā niān | to wilt; to droop |
| 凋谢 (凋謝) | diāo xiè | to wither; to wilt |
| 败落 (敗落) | bài luò | (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated |
| 蔫 | niān | to fade; to wither |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枯萎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枯竭 | kū jié | used up; dried up |
| 枯燥 | kū zào | dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious |
| 干枯 (乾枯) | gān kū | withered; shriveled; dried-up |
| 枯死 | kū sǐ | (of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead |
| 枯木 | kū mù | dead tree |
| 萎缩 (萎縮) | wěi suō | to wither; to dry up (of a plant) |
| 萎靡 | wěi mǐ | listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing |
| 萎靡不振 | wěi mǐ bù zhèn | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wilt”.
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.