朽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiǔ
Cantonese: jau2 nau2
JapaneseKun: KUCHIRU
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: HWU
Vietnamese: hủ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: decayed, rotten; rot, decay

CE-Dict: rotten

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.something rotten
2.to rot; to decay
3.to wear off to extinction
4.rotten; decayed
5.senile; old and useless

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: decayed; rotten; senile

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: decayed; rotten; senile

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】朽
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤許久切，休上聲。木腐也。【詩·周頌】荼蓼朽止。【左傳·襄三十一年】恐燥濕之不時而朽蠹，以重敝邑之罪。　又與殠同。臭也。【列子·周𥡆王篇】饗香以爲朽。【仲尼篇】鼻將塞者，先覺焦朽。　又叶喜語切，音許。【陳琳·大荒賦】廓寥寂而無人兮，雖獨存兮何補。追邃古之遐跡兮，惟德音兮爲不朽。　又叶許救切，音齅。【李賀·感諷詩】淒涼梔子落，山舋泣淸漏。下有張仲蔚，披書案將朽。齅字原从二鼻，作鼻鼻。
考證：〔【左傳·僖三十三年】恐燥濕之不時而朽蠹，以重敝邑之罪。〕　謹照原文改襄三十一年。

CF-Dict: pourri/sénile

Han-De-Dict: faul (u.E.)/morsch (u.E.)/verfault (u.E.)