枯干

Traditional form:

枯乾

Pinyin (reading):

kūgān

Definitions:

• dried up; shriveled; withered

Characters:

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

Traditional characters:

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