乾

Meaning

乾 centers on dryness and the removal of moisture: drought, desiccation, and drinking up liquids. The meanings 'heaven' and 'emperor' are separate, derived from its use in classical Chinese cosmology where it represents the creative, dry, male principle.

• 乾燥かんそう
  N3

  dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); dehydration; desiccation

• 乾くかわく
  N4

  to get dry

• 乾杯かんぱい
  N4

  cheers; bottoms-up; prosit

• 乾けん

  qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

• 乾かすかわかす
  N3

  to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

• 乾電池かんでんち
  N2

  dry cell battery

• 乾きかわき

  drying; dryness

• 乾物かんぶつ

  dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries

• 乾麺かんめん

  dried noodles

• 乾パンかんパン

  cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack

• 乾季かんき
  N1

  dry season

• 乾式かんしき

  dry (method); dry-type; without using water

• 乾性かんせい

  dry; dryness; dry (pleurisy)

• 乾癬かんせん

  psoriasis

• 臘乾ラカン

  Chinese smoked and salted ham

• 生乾きなまかわき

  half-dried

• 陰乾しかげぼし

  drying in the shade

• 乾板かんぱん

  dry plate

• 乾燥機かんそうき
  N3

  drying machine; dryer; desiccator

• アルカリ乾電池アルカリかんでんち

  alkaline battery

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