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干 : Dry

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Components:
十

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede, dry (radical 51)

On 'yomi:
カン(kan)
Kun 'yomi:
ほ.す(ho.su) ほ.し-(ho.shī) -ぼ.し(bo.shi) ひ.る(hi.ru)
Nanori:
ほし(hoshi)
Strokes:3
Radical:干 (51)
Usage Rating:1349
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:6
Unicode:05e72
jis208:20-19
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干 Usage examples

杯を干す(さかずきをほす)to drink the cup dry
干し柿(ほしがき)
干柿(ほしがき)
dried persimmons
干し李(ほしすもも)prune
無干渉(むかんしょう)noninterference, nonintervention
スペックル干渉計(スペックルかんしょうけい)speckle interferometer
塩干し(しおぼし)salted and dried
干鰯(ほしか)dried sardine
干海老(ほしえび)
干し海老(ほしえび)
dried shrimp
干し肉(ほしにく)
干肉(ほしにく)
dried meat, jerky
政治干渉(せいじかんしょう)political intervention
物干し台(ものほしだい)
物干台(ものほしだい)
clothes-drying platform, place for drying laundry
干天慈雨(かんてんじう)welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought, realization of something eagerly looked for, a welcome relief
大権干犯(たいけんかんぱん)infringing on the power of the sovereign
水干(すいかん)silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
物干し綱(ものほしづな)clothesline
干戈を交える(かんかをまじえる)to open hostilities, to be at war
布団干し(ふとんほし)drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)