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乾

JLPT N2 11 strokes Frequency: #1453

Meanings

Drought, Dry, Dessicate, Drink Up, Heaven, Emperor

Radicals

乙

Decomposition

⿰龺乞

Etymology

Ideographic: Rays 十 emanating from the 日; 乞 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-to-top

4 corner bottom-to-top

5 horizontal left-to-right

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-to-bottom

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン kan

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほ ho

かわ kawa

いぬい inui

ひ hi

Words Using This Kanji

119 words total

Other (20 words)

乾きの早いかわきのはやい

fast drying (clothes)

northwest

arid region

alkaline battery

manganese dry cell

dry dock

rhinitis sicca anterior

corneal xerosis

dry-bulb thermometer

arid landforms

dry construction

dry towel

arid climate

fire refining

dry-bulb

Kengen era (1302.11.21-1303.8.5)

速乾そっかん

drying quickly

速乾性そっかんせい

quick-drying property (of clothing, etc.)

乾ききるかわききる

to become completely dry

背乾鯨せびくじら

North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

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