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Kotomora

涸

dry up, mature

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Readings

On'yomi

  • コ
  • カク

Kun'yomi

  • か.れる
  • か.らす
  • こお.る

Meaning

涸 centers on water disappearing or being used up: drying up, running dry, or reaching a state of depletion. The 'mature' sense is a rare extension, likely referring to something fully developed and then past its prime, like a dried-up fruit.

Most common words using 涸

  • 涸れるかれる
    N1

    to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

  • 涸らすからす

    to dry up; to exhaust (e.g. resources, talent)

  • 涸れ川かれがわ

    dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo

  • 涸れ涸れかれがれ

    dried up; parched

  • 涸沼糸蜻蛉ひぬまいととんぼ

    Mortonagrion hirosei (species of damselfly)

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Etymology

涸 combines 氵 (water) with 固, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something solid or hardened, suggesting water that has solidified into dryness.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 beside something solid 固: imagine a riverbed that has become hard and dry, with all the water gone.

Reading mnemonic

For コ, picture a dry, empty lakebed that looks like a solid core: core -> コ, and the water has dried up.