干 is the Japanese kanji for dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede. It is written with 3 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is ほ.す、ほ.し-、-ぼ.し and its on reading is カン.
Stroke order
Words with 干
- 干すto air, to dry, to desiccate
- 干るto dry (up), to become parched
- 若干some, few, a number of
- 干渉interference, intervention, meddling
- 干潟tidal flat, tideland
- 梅干しumeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
Practice 干 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.