凋 (diāo): withered
凋 (diāo) is a Chinese character meaning “withered.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (semantic) and 周 (phonetic). It ranks #3004 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 凋 ice. Its radical form 冫 (ice) appears in many related characters such as 冷 (lěng, cold), 准 (zhǔn, to allow), 决 (jué, to decide).
Definitions
- withered
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凋谢verb | diāo xiè | to wither |
| 凋零verb | diāo líng | withered |
| 凋落verb | diāo luò | to wither (and drop off) |
| 民生凋敝 | mín shēng diāo bì | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom) |
| 凋敝adjective | diāo bì | impoverished |
凋 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 凋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
凋字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
diāo zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "凋" is not used very often in everyday life.
随着天气日渐寒凉，百花纷纷凋零，菊花却傲然盛开，成为秋日里醒目的一抹亮色。
suí zhe tiān qì rì jiàn hán liáng , bǎi huā fēn fēn diāo líng , jú huā què ào rán shèng kāi , chéng wéi qiū rì lǐ xǐng mù de yī mǒ liàng sè .
As the weather grows colder day by day and flowers wither one after another, chrysanthemums bloom proudly, becoming a striking splash of color in the autumn landscape.
这种眼睁睁看着自己亲手培育的植物瞬间凋零的挫败感，我觉得要比单纯的警告更有效。
zhè zhǒng yǎn zhēng zhēng kàn zhe zì jǐ qīn shǒu péi yù de zhí wù shùn jiān diāo líng de cuò bài gǎn , wǒ jué dé yāo bǐ dān chún de jǐng gào gēng yǒu xiào .
I think the frustration of watching a plant you’ve nurtured with your own hands wither away in an instant is more effective than a simple warning.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 冫 (ice) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced diāo
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