thirst, dry up, parch
渇 centers on a severe lack of water: being thirsty, dried up, or parched. The meanings all describe a state of intense dryness or the need for moisture.
渇 is the modern simplified form of 渴. The older form combines 氵 (water) with 曷, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of something stopping or ending, suggesting water running out. The modern right side is a simplification.
The left side 氵 is water, and the right side looks like a sun 日 over a person bending down 勹 with a spoon 匕, but nothing to drink. Imagine a person under the hot sun, bending over with an empty spoon, desperate for water: that's thirst.
For カツ, imagine being so thirsty you could drink a whole cask of water: cask -> カツ, and the water 氵 finally quenches the thirst.
drying up; running dry
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty
thirst
craving; longing; thirsting
water shortage
thirst
thirst; dry mouth; -dipsia
to be thirsty
cessation of coughing
diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine)
better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty
to be thirsty; to be dry
to be thirsty; to be dry
to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
to quench one's thirst
adoration; reverence; esteem
thirst; craving; desire
desiring person; luster
dying of thirst