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The kanji 干: meaning, readings and stroke order
干
- Meaning
- dry, hang out
- On reading
- カン kan
- Kun reading
- ほ（す） hosu、ひ（る） hiru
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 干 pestle
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- phơi khô, cạn (can)
- Japanese
- ほす。かわかす。
- Korean
- 말리다, 마르다 (간)
- Chinese
- 晒干、干
Readings, words and example sentences
カン kan · on reading · less common
干潮
low tide
干潮の 時間を 調べます。
I check when low tide is.
ほ（す） hosu · kun reading
干す
to hang out to dry
晴れた 日に ふとんを 干します。
On sunny days, I put the futon out to dry.
ひ（る） hiru · kun reading · less common
干る
to dry up, to go out (tide)
潮が 干ました。
The tide has gone out.
Practise writing 干 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 干 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 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.