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Kanji Detail for 燥 - "to dry"

燥

  • Meaning

    燥 means "to dry." Also associated with to be impatient, to frolic.

    1. To dry - To make dry; to become completely dry.

    2. To frolic - To be merry; to be excited.

    3. To be impatient - To be irritated; to be restless.

  • Words using 燥

    • 乾燥 かんそう Listen dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes)

  • Four-character idioms with 燥

    • 無味乾燥 むみかんそう Listen dull; uninteresting; dry

  • Tattoo check: 燥

    • Verified meaning: to dry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to be impatient, to frolic

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    parch; dry up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Dry. (Book of Changes) "Fire tends toward dryness."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hasha.gu(はしゃ-ぐ) はしゃ-ぐ

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    to dry to frolic to be impatient anxious crispy irritated joyful lively parch arid dehydrate desiccate drought parched wither

Sentences including 燥

  • Are your lips dry?

  • I have dry skin.

  • The fruits are dried in the sun.

  • We keep shiitake mushrooms dry.

  • The air is dry today.

  • Tom gets excited easily.

  • Raisins are dried grapes.

  • Reality without humor would be monotonous.

  • Give me a cut, wash and dry please.

  • The man died of thirst in a dry country.

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