# 燥 — Dry Up

Frequency rank 1596 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 巧 (Adept), less common than 拘 (Arrest).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

Fire on the left, a tree in the middle, and a mouth on the right — fire drying out a tree while the mouth of the oven blasts heat until everything is bone dry.

In words:

- 乾燥 かんそう — dry,arid,insipid,dehydrated

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