渇 – thirst, dry up, parch

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The kanji 渇 means thirst, dry up, parch. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カツ (katsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かわ.く (kawaku). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カツ	katsu
Kun’yomi	かわ.く	kawaku

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・日・勹・匕.

Words using 渇

渇くかわくto be thirsty

Example sentences

お腹が空いたし、のども渇いた。

I'm hungry and thirsty.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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