朽

朽
xiǔ = xi + ou3
rotten
朽 = 丂 + 木 : Marie Curie (xi) visits the outhouse (ou3) in late summer and finds an old rotten (朽) Christmas tree (木). In fact the tree is so rotten that she can't endure the smell and has to put on a breathing mask (丂).

朽 character breakdown

丂
kǎo = k + ao3
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
Mnemonic symbol: a breathing mask.
The air inside of the aorta is so bad that Karl Marx needs a breathing mask to breathe freely.
木
mù = mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 朽 as component

朽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 朽

腐
朽
rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate
不
朽
immortal / immortality
不
朽
to last forever; eternal; enduring
永
垂
不
朽
eternal glory / will never be forgotten
朽
木
rotten wood
朽
朽
烂
爛
rotten
朽
蠹
to decay and be eaten by worms etc / to overhoard grain so that it rots
枯
朽
withered and rotten
三
不
朽
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4])
朽
朽
坏
壞
rotten
化
化
腐
腐
朽
朽
为
為
神
神
奇
奇
lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)

Sentences with 朽

朽 currently does not appear in any sentence.