凋

diāo
#3,667 most
frequent character
withered

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

凋 diāo has 冫 ice for meaning and 周 zhōu for sound, though the sound link is not clear today. Cold harming plants gave the first sense, vegetation in decline. It grew to mean wither or withered.

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Homophones

HSK 6
叼diāo
to hold in the mouth
雕diāo
to carve
雕diāo
to carve

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