枯
kū HSK7

dried out

枯 kū
withered verb
withered or shriveled, specifically referring to plants or vegetation

秋天到了，草木都枯了。

qiū​tiān dào le, cǎo​mù dōu kū le.

Autumn has arrived, and the plants have withered.

dried up verb
exhausted or dried up, specifically referring to wells, rivers, or water sources

由于长年干旱，这口井已经枯了。

yóu​yú cháng​nián gān​hàn, zhè kǒu jǐng yǐ​jīng kū le.

Due to years of drought, this well has dried up.

dull verb
dull, boring, or uninteresting in style or content

他的画风虽然苍劲，但也显得有些干枯。

tā de huà​fēng suī​rán cāng​jìng, dàn yě xiǎn​de yǒu​xiē gān kū.

Although his painting style is vigorous, it also seems somewhat dry and uninspired.

residue verb
the solid residue or cake left after oilseeds have been pressed

菜籽枯可以当作优质的农家肥。

cài​zǐ kū kě​yǐ dàng​zuò yōu​zhì de nóng​jiā​féi.

Rapeseed meal can be used as high-quality organic fertilizer.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,188th most common 28.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,636th most common 6.64 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.800 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.91 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+67AF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)