to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
trad. 萎縮
Also written 萎縮【wěi suō】
Characters in this word
2萎
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to wither, to drop, to decline, spiritless, Taiwan pr. [wei1]
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 13236 of 2500
缩
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to withdraw, to pull back, to contract, to shrink, to reduce, abbreviation, also pr. [su4]
- Pinyin
- suō
- Traditional
- 縮
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 37781 of 2500