乾 is the Japanese kanji for dry, drought, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is かわ.く、かわ.かす、ほ.す and its on reading is カン、ケン.
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Words with 乾
- 乾くto get dry
- 乾かすto dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 乾きdrying, dryness
- 乾燥dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes)
- 乾杯cheers, bottoms-up, prosit
- 乾電池dry cell battery
Practice 乾 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.