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乾 — 11 strokes / Radical「乙」

道
4Junior high level / 11 strokes / Radical「乙」
On
カン・ケンかん・けん · kan · ken
Kun
かわ.く・かわ.かす・ほ.す・ひ.る・いぬいkawa.ku · kawa.kasu · ho.su · hi.ru · inui
Meaning
dry

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

As the sun rises the moisture leaves — to dry.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan乾燥かんそう乾杯かんぱい乾電池かんでんち
Kunかわくkawaku乾くかわく

Compare: 渇く

Kunかわかすkawakasu乾かすかわかす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 乾燥かんそう

    dryness

  • 乾杯かんぱい

    a toast

More words with this kanji

  • 乾坤けんこん
  • 乾盃かんぱい
  • 乾坤一擲けんこんいってき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

冬(ふゆ)は空気(くうき)が乾燥(かんそう)する。

The air gets dry in winter.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

乾杯乾燥乾杯cup燥dry up乙the la…九nine乞beg也is乱disord…甘sweet汗sweat肩should…兼concur…剣sword
CompoundRadicalReading

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