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朽 means 'decay'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 2320   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-44    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 20 words   Used in 39 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キュウ
Kun
   くちる to decay, rot
Additional readings
Name    くつ
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 朽 - click the badge to download
Learn how to marvel that a work of art will last forever, saying things like “This film is a timeless masterpiece” and “He wrote enduring poems.” Also find out how to talk about dilapidated buildings. And see how the Japanese refer to rotting wood and how they would say, “There is nothing that does not decay” and “The wooden boat was so rotten that people assumed it would sink.”
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⿰  木 tree  丂 reach  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 朽 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 朽 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
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キュウ : 11 words FIND ALL
ふ き ゅ う 0
everlasting; immortal; eternal; immortality; imperishable
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くちる : 3 words FIND ALL
く ち る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rot; to decay
2. to die in obscurity
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An additional 3 less common words include 朽 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1150  Joy o' Kanji : 1150  Key to Kanji: - 

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朽
キュウ   くちる to decay, rot   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
丂
reach
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