Ideographic: An old 古 tree 木; 古 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for :

  • - dried upused up
  • - dried up
  • - exhausted (of resources)dry and dull
  • - uninteresting
  • - dry-as-dustwithered
  • - dried upto wilt
  • - to wither
  • - wilted
  • - withered
  • - drained
  • - enervated
  • - exhaustedwithered grass
  • - dry grass