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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)

sun drying

dry snow

place to dry seaweed

xerophilous

clothes dryer

here's looking at you, kid

色素性乾皮症しきそせいかんぴしょう

xeroderma pigmentosum

乾いたかわいた

dry

乾熱滅菌かんねつめっきん

dry-heat sterilization

半乾燥はんかんそう

semi-arid

乾き物かわきもの

dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)

caseation

in the same breath

tumble dryer

in the same breath

dry skin

freeze-drying

dried lacquer

dry lacquer technique

写真乾板しゃしんかんぱん

dry plate (photography)

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