乾
乾 — drought, dry, dessicate
- JLPT
- JLPT N2
- Strokes
- 11
- Taught in
- Secondary school
- Frequency
- #1453 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- かん kan
- けん ken
- かん kan
- Kun'yomi
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- かわ.く kawa.ku
- かわ.かす kawa.kasu
- ほ.す ho.su
- ひ.る hi.ru
- いぬい inui
- かわ.く kawa.ku
Words that use 乾
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.