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干

Level IX of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1143 / 2,608

Dry

On’yomi
かん
Kun’yomi
ほ、ひ
Radical
干 Dry (Kangxi 51)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 煮 (Boil), less common than 駄 (Burdensome).

The character for dry (干) looks like a clothesline pole — a simple post where wet laundry hangs to dry in the wind.

In words

干す ほす to air,to dry,to desiccate,to drain (off),to drink upN2
干渉 かんしょう interference;interventionN1
干し物 ほしもの dried washing (clothes)N1

干 is rank 1143 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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