Keyword
rotten
- decayed
- Frequency
- #2696
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
xiǔ
Mnemonic
The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
腐朽
rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate
不朽
to last forever; eternal; enduring
老朽
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
朽
rotten
朽木
rotten wood
永垂不朽
eternal glory; will never be forgotten
化腐朽为神奇
lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
朽坏
rotten
衰朽
decaying; decrepit; aged and crumbling
朽烂
rotten
三不朽
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德 (lìdé), one's service 立功 (lìgōng) and one's writings 立言 (lìyán) (from the Zuo Zhuan 左传 (ZuǒZhuàn))
朽木不可雕
lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom); fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
枯朽
withered and rotten