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The kanji 乾: meaning, readings and stroke order
乾
- Meaning
- dry
- On reading
- カン kan
- Kun reading
- かわ（く） kawaku、かわ（かす） kawakasu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 乙 second
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khô, phơi khô (can)
- Japanese
- かわく。かわかす。
- Korean
- 마르다, 말리다 (건)
- Chinese
- 干、晾干 (干)
Readings, words and example sentences
カン kan · on reading · less common
乾電池
battery (dry cell)
時計の 乾電池を かえます。
I change the battery in the clock.
かわ（く） kawaku · kun reading
乾く
to dry, to become dry
晴れた 日は せんたく物が よく 乾きます。
On sunny days, the laundry dries quickly.
かわ（かす） kawakasu · kun reading
乾かす
to dry (something)
ぬれた かみを 乾かします。
I dry my wet hair.
Practise writing 乾 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 乾 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.