Kanji
N2 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1749

wither, die, dry up, be seasoned

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

drying up; running dry
withering; dying
vicissitudes; ups and downs
dead leaf; dry leaves

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted
blighted; withered
cold wintry wind
dead tree; withered tree
dry grass; dead grass
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

Example sentences

The flowers in his garden have withered.

Because of the drought, the grass has withered.