Dry in Japanese

"dry" in Japanese, with the kanji that carry the meaning.

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5 Japanese kanji carry the meaning "dry". The most common choice is shown first.

Top pick

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Reading: kan

3 strokes

Where it comes from

Shape of dried shield. Drying.

What it carries

Dry, interference, zodiac. Represents drying.

Related kanji for "dry"

dry

kan · powerful, mysterious

Composed of second and phonetic. Drying in sun.

dry up(also: parch)

sou

Composed of fire and phonetic. Drying with fire.

dry up(also: thirst, parch)

katsu

Composed of water and phonetic. No water.

dry up(also: wither, die, be seasoned)

ko · nature, dark

Composed of tree and old. Old tree.

The most common kanji for "dry" is 干, read as kan. It means dry, parch, ebb. Related kanji: 乾 (dry), 燥 (dry up), 渇 (dry up), 枯 (dry up).

干 has 3 strokes.