涸 Stroke Order

涸 [hé] 1. Water dries up. - 水干。 - 水干：干～。～泽。～竭。～辙之鲋（喻处境十分危难、急待救助的人）。 2. Same as the original meaning (dry). 3. Exhaust; to deplete. 本义: 失去水而干枯 【造字法】: 形声。从水，固声。 1. 同本义 ([En.] dry) 2. 竭;尽 ([En.] exhaust) 引: 1. 《尔雅·释诂》：涸，竭也。 - "Erya" explains that 涸 means to exhaust. 2. 《礼记·月令》：仲秋之月…水始涸。 - "In the middle of autumn month... the water begins to dry." 3. 《吕氏春秋·慎大》：商涸旱。 注:“涸，枯也。” - "In 'Lüshi Chunqiu', it states that as commerce dries up, there will be drought. Note: '涸' means to wither." 4. 陆机《文赋》：兀若枯木，豁若涸流。 - "Lu Ji in 'Wen Fu': Standing like a withered tree, spread out like a dry stream." 例: 1. 涸辙 (the fish in a dry rut; a metaphor for being in a difficult situation, urgently needing rescue) 2. 涸泽 (a dried-up marsh; to drain the water from a marsh) 3. 涸流 (a depleted stream) 4. 涸溜 (a dried-up small flow of water) 2. Exhaust; to deplete. 引: 1. 《管子·牧民》：措国于不倾之地，积于不涸之仓，藏于不竭之府。 - "Guanzi states: Position the country in stable lands, accumulate in storage that does not dry up, and hide in places that do not deplete." 例: 1. 涸思干虑 (to wrack one's brain) （*引自繁体辞典解释） 參見「涸乾 」條。