乾
commondrought; dry; dessicate; drink up; heaven; emperor
Radical: 乙 (second). Strokes: 11画. Elements: 乙十日. Variants: 乹. . Hangul: 간 [gan] 건 [geon].
Jōyō Kanji High School. JLPT N2.
Example compounds:
| カンKAN | 乾パン【かんパンkanpan】cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack 乾燥器【かんそうきkansōki】drying machine; dryer; desiccator 乾物【かんぶつkanbutsu】dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries |
| ケンKEN | 乾坤【けんこんkenkon】heaven and earth; universe 乾坤一擲【けんこんいってきkenkon'itteki】stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task 乾徳【けんとくkentoku】emperor's virtue |
| かわくkawaku | 乾く【かわくkawaku】to get dry 喉が乾く【のどがかわくnodogakawaku】to be thirsty |
| かわかすkawakasu | 乾かす【かわかすkawakasu】to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate |
| ほすhosu | 飲み乾す【のみほすnomihosu】to drink up; to drain (cup) 乾す【ほすhosu】to air; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive) |
| いぬいinui | 乾【いぬいinui】northwest |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 4e7e | – | Unicode |
| 20-5 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-8-3 | – | SKIP |
| 4c7.14 | – | TKD |
| 4841.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 1556 | – | De Roo |
| 784 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 63 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 1679 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1101 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 463 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1355 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 1411 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1195 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 204 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 396 |
| 1099 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1190 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 292 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 1407 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 904 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 27 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 473 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |