朽
xiǔ HSK7

decayed

The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
丂
丂 Meaning component
kǎo, qiǎo, yú axe handle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjuwXqʰ(r)uʔrot, decay
Zhengzhangqʰluʔ
Unicodexiǒu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica