Kanji

Level: N2 Strokes: 11

乾

Meaning in English

drought, dry, dessicate

Readings

Onyomi: カン, ケン Kunyomi: かわ.く, かわ.かす, ほ.す, ひ.る, いぬい Romaji: kan, ken / kawa.ku, kawa.kasu, ho.su, hi.ru, inui

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乾

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese seca, seco, desidratado

Spanish sequía, seco, desecado

Korean 가뭄, 건조, 메마르게 하다

French sécheresse, sec, desséché

Italian siccità, secco, disidratato

German Dürre, trocken, austrocknen

Indonesian kekeringan, kering, mengering

★ Vietnamese hạn hán, khô cằn, cạn kiệt

Thai ภัยแล้ง แห้งแล้ง แห้งกรัง

Related kanji

N1 亀 ki, kyuu, kin / kame tortoise, turtle, tortue N2 乳 nyuu / chichi, chi milk, breasts, lait N2 乱 ran, ron / mida.reru, mida.ru, mida.su, mida, osa.meru, wata.ru riot, war, disorder N1 也 ya, e / nari, ka, mata to be (classical), ser N1 乞 kotsu, kitsu, ki, kike, kochi / ko.u beg, invite, ask N5 九 kyuu, ku / kokono, kokono.tsu nine, neuf, nueve N1 乙 otsu, itsu / oto-, kinoto the latter, duplicate, strange

Words with this kanji

N2 乾電池 kandenchi dry cell, battery N2 乾杯 kampai Cheers! (a toast) N3 乾かす kawakasu dry something, make dry N3 乾燥 kansou dryness, drying, dehydration N4 乾く kawaku get dry, become dry