Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to fall to ruins; to rust away

    いつか私は一人寂しく朽ち果てているだろう。
    Some day they will find me lying in neglect and decay.
  2. to die in obscurity

Also written 朽果てる【くちはてる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

decay, rot, remain in seclusion

Kun
く.ちる
On
キュウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1891 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Used in names as

くつ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-2, 1-4-3SKIP code
4a2.6The Kanji Dictionary
4192.7Four corner code
1852deroo
673dUnicode hex code
1-21-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2175Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2545New Nelson (John Haig)
821New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1015Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
550Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
727Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1243Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1331Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1827A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
419Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1683Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14439Morohashi
1150A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1628Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1417Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1080Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1787Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1069Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1251Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiu3Pinyin reading
huKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed

Kun
は.たすはた.す-は.たすは.てる-は.てるは.て
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
258 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-8-1SKIP code
0a8.8The Kanji Dictionary
6090.4Four corner code
3664deroo
679cUnicode hex code
1-18-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
107Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2594New Nelson (John Haig)
3560New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4377Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2217Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2982Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1121Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1202Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
277A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
770Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
375Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14556Morohashi
627A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
487Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
496Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
560sakade
625Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454henshall3
496Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
250crowley
502Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1052Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1130Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guo3Pinyin reading
gwaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level