Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

渇: thirst, dry up

Also: parch

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 曷 gives the sound

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 渇水かっすいwater shortage
  • 渇かつthirst
  • 枯渇こかつ
  • 渇望かつぼうcraving; longing; thirsting

かわくkawaku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 渇きかわきthirst
  • 渇くかわくto be thirsty; to feel thirsty

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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曷

Also built on 曷

渇 takes the 曷 family's reading, カツ (katsu).

Also read カツ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
渇 thirst · 氵
vs掲 put up (a notice) · 扌
渇 has 氵 where 掲 has 扌.
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 渴 · kě

渇 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 渴 in both simplified and traditional script.

Simplified
渴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
渴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin kě most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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