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凋

diāo
verb #51,421

Meanings

  1. 1 to wither; to fade
  2. 2 to decline; to wane

Examples

深秋时，花都凋谢了。
Shēnqiū shí, huā dōu diāoxiè le.
By late autumn, the flowers had all withered.
小镇的旧产业逐渐凋敝。
Xiǎozhèn de jiù chǎnyè zhújiàn diāobì.
The old industries of the town gradually declined.

Tips

usage
Common in 凋谢 (diāoxiè, of flowers, to wither) and 凋零 (diāolíng), which means both leaves falling and, figuratively, things or people fading and passing away.

Components

radical
冫 bīng
ice
The two-stroke ice radical 冫 on the left suggests cold; frost is what makes plants wither, which is the core meaning here.
phonetic
周 zhōu
circle; all around (phonetic)
周 (zhōu) is the sound element, its reading shifted to diāo. The same phonetic appears in 雕 and 调.

Stroke Order

凋 diāo