渇

渇 — thirst, dry up, parch

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1944 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: かつ katsu
Kun'yomi: かわ.く kawa.ku

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 渇

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

渇くかわく to be thirsty JLPT N3