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Kotomora

燥

parch, dry up

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • ソウ

Kun'yomi

  • はしゃ.ぐ

Meaning

燥 centers on dryness caused by heat: parching, drying up, or becoming arid. The idea is removing moisture through warmth or exposure.

Most common words using 燥

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  • 乾燥かんそう
    N3

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

  • 焦燥しょうそう

    impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

  • 乾燥機かんそうき
    N3

    drying machine; dryer; desiccator

  • 乾燥全卵かんそうぜんらん

    powdered egg; dried whole egg

  • 乾燥剤かんそうざい

    drying agent; desiccant

  • 乾燥卵かんそうらん

    powdered eggs; dehydrated eggs; dried eggs

  • 乾燥味噌かんそうみそ

    freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty); instant miso

  • 乾燥地かんそうち

    dry land

  • 乾燥地帯かんそうちたい

    arid region

  • 乾燥地形かんそうちけい

    arid landforms

  • 乾燥地農業かんそうちのうぎょう

    dry farming

  • 乾燥大麻かんそうたいま

    dried cannabis

  • 乾燥季かんそうき

    dry season; dry spell; dry period

  • 乾燥室かんそうしつ

    drying room

  • 乾燥性前鼻炎かんそうせいぜんびえん

    rhinitis sicca anterior

  • 乾燥時間かんそうじかん

    drying time

  • 乾燥材かんそうざい

    seasoned lumber

  • 乾燥果かんそうか

    dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles)

  • 乾燥気候かんそうきこう

    arid climate

  • 乾燥洗濯かんそうせんたく

    dry cleaning

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Etymology

燥 combines 火 (fire) with 喿, a component that likely contributes the sound and may relate to drying or noise. The fire radical reinforces the idea of heat-driven dryness.

Meaning mnemonic

Fire 火 on the left and the complex 喿 on the right: imagine a blazing fire under a cluster of trees (喿 resembles 木 repeated), parching the land until everything dries up.

Reading mnemonic

For ソウ, picture the sun (ソウ sounds like 'so') beating down, drying a parched field: so -> ソウ, and the fire 火 makes it even drier.