Onyomi: カン · Kunyomi: -ぼ.し, ひ.る, ほ.し-, ほ.す · Meanings: dry, ebb, intercede, interfere, parch, recede
Kanji for dry, ebb, intercede, interfere, parch
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干 represents the idea of drying. It shows something being exposed to air and sunlight with no water left in it. Just like clothes hung outside on a line, the water slowly disappears and they become dry. Because of this image, 干 came to mean dry or to dry.
干 represents something that has become dry.
Picture wet clothes hanging on a line under the sun, drying completely until no water is left. That drying action is 干.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 干し | ほし | drying, dried | JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a prefix |
| 干す | ほす | to air, to dry, to desiccate | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 干渉 | かんしょう | interference, intervention, meddling | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 関与 | かんよ | participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 干上がる | ひあがる | to dry up, to parch, to ebb away | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 干満 | かんまん | ebb and flow | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 干ばつ | かんばつ | drought, long spell (period) of dry weather | Noun |
| 干し草 | ほしくさ | hay, dry grass | Noun |
| 干潟 | ひがた | tidal flat, tideland | common Noun |
| 干物 | ひもの | dried fish (or shellfish, etc.) | Noun |