| 朽 | 130C30 10B.50-3 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄒㄧㄡˇ [xiu3] | ||
| V.i. | 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. | |||||