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The kanji 渇: meaning, readings and stroke order
渇
- Meaning
- thirsty, dry up
- On reading
- カツ katsu
- Kun reading
- かわ（く） kawaku
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 渴
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khát, khô cạn (khát)
- Japanese
- のどが かわく。みずが なくなる。
- Korean
- 목마르다, 마르다 (갈)
- Chinese
- 口渴、干涸 (渴)
Readings, words and example sentences
カツ katsu · on reading · less common
渇水
water shortage (from lack of rain)
夏に 渇水に なりました。
There was a water shortage in summer.
かわ（く） kawaku · kun reading
渇く
to be thirsty
走って のどが 渇きました。
I ran, and now I'm thirsty.
Practise writing 渇 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 渇 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 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.