朽 Rot

Radical Combination

• 木

  Tree
• 一

  Ground
• 勹

  Prison

Meaning

Primary

Rot

Alternative

Decay

Mnemonic

A tree is stuck in a prison under the ground and it's starting to rot and decay.

Hints

Trees can't live without sunlight, and it's too damp underground in a prison. The water gets all moldy and the tree will rot and die.

Readings

On’yomi

きゅう

Kun’yomi

く

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You get close to the rotting tree and see some rotten cucumbers (きゅう) hanging from its branches. No!

Hints

This poor cucumber tree, left in this ground prison to rot. There's nothing worse than eating a rotten cucumber.