kū
枯 (kū) is a Chinese word meaning “(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring”.
Meanings
- 1(of plants) withered
- 2(of wells, rivers etc) dried up
- 3(bound form) dull; boring
- 4(bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds
Related words
枯燥dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious枯萎to wilt枯竭used up干枯withered; shriveled; dried-up枯死(of a plant) to wither and die; withered and dead海枯石烂lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)枯干dried up; shriveled; withered枯叶dead leaf; withered leaf枯树withered tree枯槁(of vegetation) withered冢中枯骨dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried搜索枯肠to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)