Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned
Kun:
か.れるか.らす
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1749 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枯れ木 【カレキ】 dead tree, withered tree, leafless tree, bare tree
  • 枯死 【コシ】 withering, dying
  • 栄枯 【エイコ】 vicissitudes, ups and downs
  • 蒼古 【ソウコ】 old-fashioned and tasteful

Kun reading compounds

  • 枯れる 【かれる】 to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die, to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
  • 枯らす 【からす】 to let dry, to kill (vegetation), to season (lumber)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • marchito
  • seco
  • decaimiento
  • secar
  • malograr
  • marchitarse
  • secarse
  • decaer

Portuguese

  • encolher
  • secar
  • ressecar
  • evaporar

French

  • dépérir
  • mourir
  • se faner
  • sec (bois)
1231 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1246 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
627 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
974 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1356 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1083 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1113 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14579 Morohashi
898 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2634 New Nelson (John Haig)
206 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
219 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1268 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1877 2001 Kanji
4a5.26 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4496.0 Four corner code
1-24-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67af Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
Kun:
えだ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
  • 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
  • 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)

Kun reading compounds

  • 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
  • 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 ぐさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1, qi2
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • rama
  • bifurcación

Portuguese

  • ramagem
  • ramo
  • galho
  • tronco

French

  • branche
  • rameau
  • brindille
  • compteur de branches
719 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1315 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1154 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2211 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
626 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
631 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
889 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
972 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1074 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1073 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
720 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14557 Morohashi
863 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2591 New Nelson (John Haig)
713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
770 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1867 2001 Kanji
4a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4494.7 Four corner code
1-27-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
679d Unicode hex code