diāo

be withered

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
冫 meaning component

  Meaning component

bīng

  

ice

is a component form of .

周 sound component

  Sound component

zhōu

  

cycle

Evolution

凋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
凋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diāo

be withered, fallen; exhausted; withered

Most common words with 凋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

withered

凋谢

to wither

凋零

withered

凋落

to wilt

凋敝

impoverished