Kanji Details:
- 乾
- Frequency:1453
- Kun: かわ.く, かわ.かす, ほ.す, ひ.る, いぬい
- On: カン, ケン
- Meaning: drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 乾燥 かんそう dry, arid, insipid, dehydrated 乾電池 かんでんち dry cell, battery 乾杯 かんぱい toast, drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry; cheers 乾期 かんき dry season 乾燥機 かんそうき drying machine, dryer, desiccator 乾かす かわかす to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate 乾き かわき drying, dryness 乾物 ほしもの things dried in the sun, esp. clothes, died cloth, etc. 乾 ほし drying, dried 乾 けん qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)