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干
JLPT N2 SL6 3 strokes Frequency: #1349

Meanings

Dry, Parch, Ebb, Recede, Interfere, Intercede

Radicals

十

Decomposition

⿱一十

Etymology

Pictographic: A club or axe

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 vertical right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
カン kan
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひ hi
ほ ho

Words Using This Kanji

122 words total
Other (20 words)
刈り干す かりほす

to cut and dry (in the sun)

乾干し からぼし

sun-dried fish or vegetables

干菓子 ひがし

dry Japanese confectionery

干し物 ほしもの

things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

干し草 ほしくさ

hay

干渉 かんしょう

interference

干潟 ひがた

tidal flat

干物 ひもの

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

干し固める ほしかためる

to dry until stiff

干乾し ひぼし

starvation

干満 かんまん

ebb and flow

干害 かんがい

drought disaster

干天 かんてん

drought

干る ひる

to dry (up)

干拓 かんたく

land reclamation (from sea)

煮干 にぼし

(small crunchy) dried sardines

若干 じゃっかん

some

十干 じっかん

ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water)

切り干し きりぼし

dried daikon strips

干し ほし

drying

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