乾 – drought, dry, desiccate

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1453 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 乾 means drought, dry, desiccate, drink up, heaven, emperor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン、ケン (kan, ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かわ.く、かわ.かす、ほ.す、ひ.る、いぬい (kawaku, kawakasu, hosu, hiru, inui). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 乙 (no. 5).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	かわ.く	kawaku
Kun’yomi	かわ.かす	kawakasu
Kun’yomi	ほ.す	hosu
Kun’yomi	ひ.る	hiru
Kun’yomi	いぬい	inui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 乙 (Kangxi radical 5). Components: 乙・十・日・ノ・一・人・乞.

Words using 乾

乾くかわくto get dry乾燥かんそうdryness乾かすかわかすto dry (clothes, etc.)乾杯かんぱいcheers乾電池かんでんちdry cell battery

Example sentences

そのぬれたシャツはすぐに乾くだろう。

The wet shirt will soon dry up.

Tatoeba #212788

椎茸を乾燥させて保存します。

We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.

Tatoeba #125705

ご健康を祝して乾杯。

Here's to your health!

Tatoeba #217167

Kanji with the same radical

九乱乳乙

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