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朽 く.ちる decay, rot, remain in seclusion 1 1891 6 75 き・きへん 形声 Phonetic This snare isn´t terribly effective, because it´s swinging from a decaying tree. Imagine the tree as being so decayed that when an animal gets caught in the snare, its struggles cause the tree to collapse into a putrid mess.

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キュウ くつ 朽ちる(くちる): (1) to rot; to decay (2) to die in obscurity (3) to be forgotten with time S 木: tree; wood丂: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters 木 4 (none) decay 枯 wither The decay of an animal in the TREE was from something caught in a SNARE.

Kanji	朽
Onyomi	キュウ
Kunyomi	く.ちる
Nanori	くつ
English	decay, rot, remain in seclusion
Examples	朽ちる(くちる): (1) to rot; to decay (2) to die in obscurity (3) to be forgotten with time
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1891
Components	木: tree; wood 丂: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	木
Radical Number	75
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	き・きへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	decay
Koohii Story 1	This snare isn´t terribly effective, because it´s swinging from a decaying tree. Imagine the tree as being so decayed that when an animal gets caught in the snare, its struggles cause the tree to collapse into a putrid mess.
Koohii Story 2	枯 wither The decay of an animal in the TREE was from something caught in a SNARE.

Decay Tree Animal Caught 朽 キュウ く.ちる くつ

Decay Tree Animal Caught 朽キュウく.ちるくつ