渴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 水が干からびる。
  2. 乾燥している。
  3. 喉がかわく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「曷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

thirsty, parched, yearn, pine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツ
Kun (native)
  • かわ(く)
  • かわき
Other languages
  • 拼音he2 jie2 kai4 ke3

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+6E34

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.13
Nelson
2608