朽	130C30   10B.50-3	部居	畫數  6	ㄒㄧㄡˇ [xiu3] .
V	To decay.
Adj	Decayed, rotten: 朽木不可雕 one cannot carve on rotten wood--intractable person; 朽材 bad timber (in self-deprecation); 老朽 (contempt.) a worthless old man, also adj., old and useless; 不朽 immortal (name), immortality.
Words	1.朽敗 [xiu3bai4], adj., corrupt, decayed (structure).  2.朽蠹 [xiu3du4], v.i., (of hoarded grain) spoilt from insects or moisture.  3.朽腐 [xiu3fu4], adj., rotten, rotting: 朽腐復化為神奇 (莊子) (AC) the corruptible again becomes mysterious life.  4.朽爛 [xiu3lan4], adj., decayed, rotten (meat, fruit, etc.).  5.朽邁 [xiu3mai4]., (of a person) old and useless.