朽

decay, rot, remain in seclusion

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

く.ちる

Nanori (名乗り)

くつ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1891

Vocabulary

キュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
老朽	ロウキュウ	infirmity (due to old age); decrepitude; senility; senescence; superannuation
不朽	フキュウ	everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
乾燥腐朽	カンソウフキュウ	dry rot
腐朽	フキュウ	decay; deterioration; rot
朽廃	キュウハイ	decay; dilapidation

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
朽ちる	くちる	to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
朽ち果てる	くちはてる	to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to fall to ruins; to rust away; to die in obscurity
不朽の名作	ふきゅうのめいさく	timeless masterpiece; immortal work
朽ち葉	くちば	decayed leaves; russet; tawny; yellow-brown
朽ち木	くちき	decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; rotten wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid

crude, simple, plain, docile

plank, board, plate, stage

sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

hinge, pivot, door, center of things

frame, framework, spindle, spool, bounding-box, (kokuji)