What is the Kanji for "Dry"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Dry", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Dry" is "乾".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Kawa" and "Ho".

Its onyomi reading is "Kan".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "車" means "Car" and can be read as "Kuruma" and "Sha". And The kanji "乞" means "Ask", "Invite", and "Beg" and can be read as "Ko", "Kitsu", "Kotsu", and "Kike".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "乾" mean in japanese?

"乾" means "Dry".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

乾杯: "Toast". The verbal noun '乾杯 (かんぱい)' means 'to toast'. This expression is used to make a toast, typically at the beginning of a meal or drinking session, as a way to wish good health and enjoy the company of others. Examples: Let's toast to the happy couple - (新郎新婦にかんぱいしましょう。) We toasted the new year with champagne - (シャンパンで新年にかんぱいしました。)

乾かす: "Dry". The verb '乾かす (かわかす)' means 'to dry'. It is used to describe the action of removing moisture or liquid from something. This verb can be applied to drying clothes, hair, dishes, etc. For example: I need to dry my hair - (私は髪を乾かす必要がある). Please dry the dishes - (食器を乾かしてください).

乾燥: "Drying". The verbal noun '乾燥 (かんそう)' means 'drying'. It refers to the process of removing moisture or liquid from something, typically through the use of heat or air. This term can be used to describe the drying of various materials, such as clothes, food, or chemicals. For example: Clothes drying in the sun - (太陽の下で洗濯物が乾燥している). The drying process took several hours - (乾燥プロセスは数時間かかった).

乾く: "Dry". The verb '乾く (かわく)' means 'to dry'. It is used to describe the process of something becoming dry, such as when clothes or hair dries after being wet. For example: The clothes dried in the sun - (洗濯物は日に干して乾いた). My hair dried after I washed it - (洗髪後、髪が乾いた).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa". The hiragana "ん" is read as "n". And The hiragana "ほ" is read as "ho".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.