Drought
Meanings
Drought, Dry, Dessicate, Drink Up, Heaven, Emperor
On'yomi
かん、 けん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
かわ.く、 かわ.かす、 ほ.す、 ひ.る、 いぬい
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
乾 is written in 11 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
乾 (Drought) is taught on WaniKani at level 29 and appears in the JLPT N2 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese secondary school as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #1453 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 11 strokes.
Other kanji at WaniKani level 29
Words using 乾
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