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干

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • dry
  • parch
  • ebb
  • recede
  • interfere
  • intercede

On'yomi (音読み)

  • カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ほ.す
  • ほ.し-
  • -ぼ.し
  • ひ.る
Strokes
3
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#1336
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
干#51 · dry

Components

Common Words

  • 干ほしNoun
    drying, dried
  • 若干じゃっかんno-adjective
    some, few, a number of
  • 干渉かんしょうNoun
    interference, intervention, meddling
  • 干潟ひがたNoun
    tidal flat, tideland
  • 干すほすGodan verb
    to air, to dry, to desiccate
  • 梅干うめぼしNoun
    umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
  • 梅干しうめぼしNoun
    umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
  • 物干しものほしNoun
    frame for drying clothes, clotheshorse

Practice in Kanjiru

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