11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

wither, droop, lame

Kun'yomi
  • to lose strength ②to wither ③to feel demotivated
  • to wither ②to be dejected
  • to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin)
  • to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.)
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

47.2%
える 26.4%
しおれる 13.2%
しぼ 11.3%
しなびる 1.9%

Character Breakdown

wither, droop, lame
イ な しお.れる (11th)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
committee, entrust to, leave to
イ ゆだ.ねる まかせ (3rd, N2)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)

Common Words

to lose strength ②to wither ③to feel demotivated
impotence (sexual)
disconnecting from an online game because one is losing
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References

Unicode hex code 840E
JIS X 0208 1-16-64
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3973
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5087
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2478
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2872
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1996
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2355
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 986
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31269X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2082
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k8.18
Four corner code 4440.4