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干 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「干」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「干」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
ほ(す)・ひ(る)ho(su) · hi(ru)
Meaning
to dry; ebb

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A forked pole; a tool for hanging things to dry — hence "to dry, to ebb."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan干渉かんしょう干潮かんちょう若干じゃっかん
Kunほすhosu干すほす干し物ほしもの
Kunひるhiru干上がるひあがる干物ひもの潮干狩りしおひかり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 干物ひもの

    dried fish

  • 干潮かんちょう

    low tide

More words with this kanji

  • 干潟ひがた
  • 若干じゃっかん
  • 潮干狩りしおひがり
  • 干渉かんしょう
  • 干し柿ほしがき
  • 虫干しむしぼし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

洗(あら)った服(ふく)を庭(にわ)に干(ほ)した。

I hung the washed clothes out in the garden.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

干潮干物干潮tide物thing平flat年year幵level幸happin…帚broom巻to rol…看to wat…簡simple甘sweet甲armour
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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