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Keyword
dry
  • drought
  • desiccate
  • drink up
  • heaven
  • emperor
Frequency
#1453
Strokes
11
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
502
Readings
カン75%
かわ25%
Mnemonic
Ten minutes early and soaked, you beg the bouncer for shelter; he waves you in only after you wring your socks into his potted plant until bone dry.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
乾かん燥そう
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation; insipidity
Noun
乾かん杯ぱい
cheers; bottoms-up; prosit; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
Interjection
乾かん燥そう機き
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
Noun
乾かん電でん池ち
dry cell battery
Noun
乾かわく
to get dry
Godan verb
乾ほす
to air; to dry; to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
Godan verb
乾ひる
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
Ichidan verb
乾ほし
drying; dried
Noun
乾けん
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Noun
乾いぬい
northwest
Noun
乾児こぶん
henchman; follower
Noun
乾ほし物もの
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
Noun
乾ひ物もの
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
Noun
乾かわかす
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
Godan verb
乾かん物ぶつ
dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries
Noun
乾かん季き
dry season
Noun
乾かわき
drying; dryness
Noun
切きり乾ぼし
dried daikon strips
Noun
乾かんパン
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
Noun
乾かん麺めん
dried noodles
Noun
乾ほし柿がき
dried persimmons
Noun
乾かん式しき
dry (method); dry-type; without using water
No-adjective
乾かん性せい
dry; dryness; dry (pleurisy)
Na-adjective
乾ほし草くさ
hay; dry grass
Noun