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萎 means 'lose strength'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 2397   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-45    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   イ
Kun
   える to lose strength, to become weak, to wither
Kun    しおれる to wither   しぼ to wither   しなびる to shrivel   な
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Learn to talk about withering and atrophy, as in "Flowers wither when exposed to frost," "The flowers wilted in the summer heat," "Old vegetables wilt and cannot be sold," and "Unused muscles will atrophy." On the figurative side, find out how to say, "I shrink in her presence," "I lost my motivation to work," and "Losing signal from the spacecraft dampened hopes for a moon landing."
⿱   () grass   entrust  
 diamond  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 萎 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 萎 is used 23 times, read 5 ways.
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イ : 15 words FIND ALL
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withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf
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える : 4 words FIND ALL
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose strength; to become weak; to waste away
2. to wither; to droop
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しおれる : 2 words FIND ALL
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to droop; to be depressed
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しぼ : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: しぼむ
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to wither (e.g. flowers, dreams); to sag (e.g. balloon, grapes); to fade (away); to shrivel; to wilt; to deflate  (often written with kana only)
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しなびる : 1 word FIND ALL
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 菱 less common words include 萎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 1956  Key to Kanji:

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イ   なえる to lose strength, to become weak, to wither   
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grass   
イ   ゆだねる to entrust, to abandon oneself to   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
grain
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