Readings
Kun readingな、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える RadicalComponents
Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘflowers (艹) · committee · wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · woman (女)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 986
Compound words
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin) to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.)