憔 qiáo worn-out
worn-out; haggard; emaciated
How to remember 憔: 忄 heart + 焦 scorched = worn-out. After a week of night shifts and scorched toast for dinner, the nurse looks in the mirror with a sinking heart, pale and worn-out.
Component breakdown
憔 = 忄 heart + 焦 scorched
- 忄 heart
- 焦 scorched
After a week of night shifts and scorched toast for dinner, the nurse looks in the mirror with a sinking heart, pale and worn-out.
How it is used
- Bound; only in 憔悴 (qiáocuì) - haggard and wan from worry or illness: 日渐憔悴 (rìjiàn qiáocuì) growing more careworn by the day.
- Pairs exclusively with 悴.