燥
parch, dry up
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
20 of 47- 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
Study
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.