枯
kū HSK7

dried out

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approved by inralback19 · Oct 28, 2025, 11:16 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 29, 2025, 03:17 PM

I don't think the right component is a meaning component

Changed fields: hint, components

tree 木; 古 provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
古
古 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhukʰˤa withered, dried up

說文解字

《說文》：“枯，槀也。从木，古聲。《夏書》曰‘唯箘輅枯’。木名也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)