Kanji N2

干: dry, parch, ebb

干 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning dry, parch, ebb, written with 3 strokes. It is read カン (on) and ほす, ひる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 干す (ほす, to air) and 若干 (じゃっかん, some).

干

Meanings

  • dry
  • parch
  • ebb
  • recede
  • interfere
  • intercede
Strokes3
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1349 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ほす
  • ほし-
  • -ぼし
  • ひる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

123

Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

1230 / 3

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 3. Start at the dot.

Common words with 干

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 干すほす

    to air; to dry; to desiccate

    JLPT N2
  • 若干じゃっかん

    some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

    JLPT N1
  • 干渉かんしょう

    interference; intervention; meddling

    JLPT N1
  • 梅干うめぼし

    umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

    JLPT N1
  • 干し物ほしもの

    things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 干潟ひがた

    tidal flat; tideland

  • 干拓かんたく

    land reclamation (from sea)

  • 干満かんまん

    ebb and flow

Ready to start?

It's free to start, from hiragana to your first kanji. Get in early and your account keeps every step.

Start free

Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.