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朽 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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4Junior high level ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
く.ちるku.chiru
Meaning
decay; rot

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "tree" with 丂: wood grown old and crumbling — to decay.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū不朽ふきゅう老朽ろうきゅう腐朽ふきゅう
Kunくちるkuchiru朽ちるくちる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 不朽ふきゅう

    immortal; everlasting

  • 老朽ろうきゅう

    decrepitude

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

老朽(ろうきゅう)した橋(はし)をかけ替(か)える。

The decrepit bridge will be replaced.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

不朽老朽朽不not老old朱vermil…杯cup柄handle枯wither柔soft及reach丘hill扱handle九nine久long…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading キュウAll maps

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