| kū | dried up |
| 枯 | dried up |
| 枯井 | dumb well |
| 枯叶 | dried leaf |
| 枯叶蛾 | eggars |
| 枯坐 | sit in boredom; sit idle |
| 枯寂 | bored and lonely |
| 枯干 | withered |
| 枯木 | dead tree |
| 枯木逢春 | get a new lease of life |
| 枯朽 | withered and rotten |
| 枯枝 | deadwood; stick |
| 枯槁 | withered haggard languid |
| 枯死 | lose plant; kill; lost plant; exsciccation |
| 枯水 | scarce water low water level |
| 枯水期 | period of low water level (winter in north China) |
| 枯涩 | dull and heavy |
| 枯涸 | dry up |
| 枯焦 | dried-up; withered; shrivelled |
| 枯燥 | dry and dull uninteresting dry-as-dust |
| 枯燥乏味 | vanpidity |