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旱

旱 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひでり。
  2. (水がない)陸地。
  3. 渇く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「日」+音符「干」。「乾燥」「ひでり」を意味する漢語｛旱｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drought, dry weather

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • ひでり
Other languages
  • 拼音han4
  • 한글han
  • Hán-ViệtHạn

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+65F1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日干

Words using this kanji

  • 旱魃かんばつ長期間に渡り雨が降らず、農作物などに必要な水が不足すること。（夏の季語）drought, long spell of dry weather
  • 旱損かんそん日照りによる農業の損害。drought damage
  • 旱水かんすい日照りと洪水。 旱魃と水害。drought and floods
  • 旱天慈雨かんてんじうwelcome (beneficial) rain in a drought, realization of something eagerly looked for, a welcome relief

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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