朽
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rotten
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How 朽 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木
How to remember it
decayed · Heisig RSH #2283
木 tree + snare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 朽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化腐朽为神奇 | huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí | lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) |
| 朽木不可雕 | xiǔ mù bù kě diāo | lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's… |
| 三不朽 | sān bù xiǔ | the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by histor… |
| 永垂不朽 | yǒng chuí bù xiǔ | eternal glory; will never be forgotten |
| 不朽 | bù xiǔ | to last forever; eternal; enduring |
| 老朽 | lǎo xiǔ | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) |
| 朽木 | xiǔ mù | rotten wood |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate |
| 朽坏 | xiǔ huài | rotten |
| 朽烂 | xiǔ làn | rotten |
| 衰朽 | shuāi xiǔ | decaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling |
| 枯朽 | kū xiǔ | withered and rotten |
| 颓朽 | tuí xiǔ | decaying; rotten; decrepit |
| 朽蠹 | xiǔ dù | to decay and be eaten by worms etc; to overhoard grain so that it rots |