颓朽
tuí​xiǔ

decrepit

颓 tuí ruined Simplified

A bald 秃 head 页; 秃 also provides the pronunciation

Components

秃
秃 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

朽 xiǔ 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

頹 ruined Traditional

A bald 禿 head 頁; 禿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

禿
禿 SoundMeaning component
tū bald
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uːl
Unicodedhuəi

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang