Usage of the character 枯

(of plants) withered
(of wells, rivers, etc) dried up
(bound form) dull; boring
(bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds

shénkū

神枯

[神枯]

spiritual desolation

kūyè

枯叶

[枯葉]

dead leaf; withered leaf

kūgǎo

枯槁

[枯槁]

(of vegetation) withered
(of a person) haggard

kūshuǐ

枯水

[枯水]

scarce water
low water level

kūcǎo

枯草

[枯草]

withered grass; dry grass

kūgān

枯干

[枯乾]

dried up; shriveled; withered

kūmù

枯木

[枯木]

dead tree

kūmíng

枯茗

[枯茗]

cumin (loanword)

kūwěi

枯萎

[枯萎]

to wilt
to wither
wilted
withered
drained
enervated
exhausted

kūjì

枯寂

[枯寂]

bleak; desolate; devoid of liveliness

gānkū

干枯

[乾枯]

withered; shriveled; dried-up

kūzào

枯燥

[枯燥]

dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious

kūjié

枯竭

[枯竭]

used up
dried up
exhausted (of resources)

kūxiǔ

枯朽

[枯朽]

withered and rotten

kūcǎorè

枯草热

[枯草熱]

hay fever

kūyèjì

枯叶剂

[枯葉劑]

Agent Orange (herbicide)

bǎicǎokū

百草枯

[百草枯]

paraquat

hēikūmíng

黑枯茗

[黑枯茗]

black cumin (Nigella sativa)

kūshuǐqī

枯水期

[枯水期]

period of low water level (winter in north China)

kūwěibìng

枯萎病

[枯萎病]

blight

hǎikū-shílàn

海枯石烂

[海枯石爛]

lit. until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)
fig. forever; until the end of time

kūmùféngchūn

枯木逢春

[枯木逢春]

lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
fig. to get a new lease on life
to be revived
(of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve

zhǒngzhōngkūgǔ

冢中枯骨

[塚中枯骨]

dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

sōusuǒkūcháng

搜索枯肠

[搜索枯腸]

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

kūcǎogǎnjūn

枯草杆菌

[枯草桿菌]

bacillus subtilis

kūzàowúwèi

枯燥无味

[枯燥無味]

tedious
dreary

Bākūníngzhǔyì

巴枯宁主义

[巴枯寧主義]

Bakuninism, the political and social theories associated with the Russian revolutionary and anarchist Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876)