Moto 萎: Wither; Droop; LameKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- イ
- Kun'yomi
- な、しお(れる)、しな(びる)、しぼ(む)、な(える)
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 26 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (イ)
- 萎縮いしゅくwithering; shrivelling
- 多系統萎縮症たけいとういしゅくしょうmultiple-system atrophy; MSA
- 筋萎縮きんいしゅくamyotrophia; muscle atrophy
- 筋萎縮性側索硬化症きんいしゅくせいそくさくこうかしょうamyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS
- 筋萎縮症きんいしゅくしょうamyotrophy (muscular atrophy)
- 萎縮性いしゅくせいatrophic
- 萎縮性胃炎いしゅくせいいえんatrophic gastritis
- 萎縮性鼻炎いしゅくせいびえんatrophic rhinitis
- 萎縮病いしゅくびょうdwarf disease (plants); leaf curl
- 萎縮症いしゅくしょうatrophy
- 萎縮腎いしゅくじんcontracted kidney
- 萎靡いびdecline; decay
- 萎靡沈滞いびちんたいdecline of energy and vigour (vigor)
- 萎黄病いおうびょうchlorosis; greensickness
- 陰萎いんいimpotence (sexual); erectile impotence
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 萎えるなえるto lose strength; to become weak
- 萎むしぼむto wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt
- 萎れるしおれるto wither; to wilt
- インスタ萎えインスタなえlooking bad (of a photo)
- 打ち萎れるうちしおれるto droop; to be depressed
- 萎え落ちなえおちdisconnecting from an online game because one is losing
- 萎びるしなびるto shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt
Other readings
- 手萎てなえarm disability; someone with disabled arms
- 萎しおりinterpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
- 萎ゆ竹なよたけSimon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
- 足萎えびっこlameness; cripple
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