しぼむ

しぼむ · shibomu · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to wither

🥀 萎む = 萎 (grass radical 艹 + 委 droop): a plant that droops and shrivels

Used for flowers that wilt, skin that goes slack, and balloons that lose air. The grass radical 艹 marks the plant origin, and 委 suggests something bending downward.

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