枯 — wither, die, dry up

かれる枯 wither

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+67AF Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1749 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #219 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wither
die
dry up
be seasoned

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

枯(か) れる kareru to wither

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

ふる古 old

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree