Kanji1 / 3
干 kanji
dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
カン
Kun readings
ほすほし--ぼしひる
Words with 干
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1干渉Popularinterference; intervention; meddling
- N1若干Popularsome; few; a number of; a little (bit); somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
- —干拓Popularland reclamation (from sea)
- —干満Popularebb and flow
- —欄干Popularrailing; guard rail; handrail; banister; balustrade; parapet; (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars); (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
- —干害drought disaster; drought damage
- —干天drought; dry weather
- —十干ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water); ten heavenly stems
- —干犯infringement; violation
- —干戈weapon; arms; shield and spear; fighting; war
- —干城defending soldier
- —水干everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
- —天干celestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)
- —干潮low tide; low water; ebb
- —筍干dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots; wooden lacquered bowl; Kagoshima cuisine
- —塩干salting and drying (e.g. fish)
- —不干渉abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
- —干拓地reclaimed land
- —干渉計interferometer
- —干渉縞interference fringes