干枯

Traditional form:

乾枯

Pinyin (reading):

gānkū

Definitions:

• withered; shriveled; dried-up

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 枯 - dried out, withered, decayed

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 枯 - dried out, withered, decayed