枯	123B15   10B.40-1	部居	畫數  9	ㄎㄨ [ku1] .
V	Dry up, dried up: 樹木枯了 tree has dried up; see Adj.↓； 榮枯 prosperity and decline.
Adj	(1)  Dry, withered: 枯木逢春，枯樹生花 a dried up tree comes to life again; 枯骨 dry bones; 枯槁，枯萎，枯謝 [ku1gao3], [ku1wei3], [ku1xie4]↓; dried up (of thoughts, springs): 枯井 dried up well; 搜索枯腸 rack one's brains for some ideas to write on; thin:枯瘦，枯寂 [ku1shou4], [ku1ji2]1↓. (2)  Poor, impoverished, desolate: 枯窘 hard up; 枯坐 sit idly without anything to do.
Words	1.枯凋 [ku1diao1], adj., see [ku1xie4]↓.  2.枯礬 [ku1fan2], n., dry, flaky alum.  3.枯槁 [ku1gao3], adj., dried up (of trees, facial appearance), lifeless (composition).  4.枯乾 [ku1gan1], adj., dry (branches, fruit).  5.枯涸 [ku1he2], adj., dried up (pools).  6.枯候 [ku1hou4], v.i., to wait interminably.  7.枯竭 [ku1jie2], adj., dried up (springs of water, of thought).  8.枯寂 [ku1ji2]1, adj., lonely.  9.枯瘠 [ku1ji2]2, adj., emaciated.  10.枯窘 [ku1jiong3], adj., impoverished, without money or fresh ideas.  11.枯謝 [ku1xie4], adj., (of flowers) withered  12.枯瘦 [ku1shou4], adj., emaciated.  13.枯燥 [ku1zao4], adj., (of weather, place) dry; (of composition) lifeless: 枯燥無味 dull and boring; uninteresting dry-as-dust.  14.枯萎 [ku1wei3], adj., dried up.  15.枯葉蝶 , n., (zoo.) Gastropacha quercifolia, an insect which feeds on and destroys leaf sprouts (also 枯葉蛾).