漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
燥: parch, dry up
JLPT N217 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 火fire(meaning)
- 喿(sound)
火 carries the meaning · 喿 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 乾燥機かんそうきdryer, drying machine
- 焦燥感しょうそうかんimpatience, uneasiness
- 無味乾燥なむみかんそうなdull and uninteresting, vapid
- 乾燥するかんそうするbe dry, become dry [v.i.]
- 乾燥かんそう
- 焦燥しょうそうimpatience; irritation; frustration
Also read はしゃぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look at 火 and see the campfire! The central stroke is the main flame, and the side strokes are sparks dancing in the wind.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side燥 parch · 火
vs操 maneuver · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zào
Same form: 燥 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 燥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 燥 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zào 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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