干 – dry, parch, ebb

3 strokesTaught in grade 6#1349 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 干 means dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほ.す、ほ.し-、-ぼ.し、ひ.る (hosu, hoshi, boshi, hiru). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 干 (no. 51).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	ほ.す	hosu
Kun’yomi	ほ.し-	hoshi
Kun’yomi	-ぼ.し	boshi
Kun’yomi	ひ.る	hiru

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: 干 (Kangxi radical 51). Components: 十・一.

Words using 干

干すほすto air干渉かんしょうinterference若干じゃっかんsome梅干しうめぼしumeboshi干しほしdrying干し物ほしものthings dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

Example sentences

この座布団を干して下さい。

Please air the zabuton.

Tatoeba #221899

なんで途中から突然干されるようになってしまったんだろうか。

I wonder why he was suddenly dropped from the team half way through.

Tatoeba #76497

僕のことに干渉しないでくれ。

Don't interfere in my affairs.

Tatoeba #82262

Kanji with the same radical

年平幹幸

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