Moto 干: Dry; Parch; EbbKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Kun'yomi
- ほ(す)、ほ(し-)、-ぼ(し)、ひ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 189 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 若干じゃっかんsome; few
- 干渉かんしょうinterference; intervention
- 干拓かんたくland reclamation (from sea)
- 干支かんしsexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar)
- 干満かんまんebb and flow
- 欄干らんかんrailing; guard rail
- スペックル干渉計スペックルかんしょうけいspeckle interferometer
- 三国干渉さんごくかんしょうTriple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)
- 不干渉ふかんしょうabstention; nonintervention
- 内政不干渉ないせいふかんしょうnon-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation
- 内政干渉ないせいかんしょうinterference in the domestic affairs of another country
- 十干じっかんthe 10 calendar signs
- 可干渉的かかんしょうてきcoherent
- 天干てんかんcelestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)
- 対ソ干渉戦争たいソかんしょうせんそうForeign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 干潟ひがたtidal flat; tideland
- 干すほすto air; to dry
- 切り干しきりぼしdried daikon strips
- 干るひるto dry
- 干上がるひあがるto dry up; to parch
- 日干しひぼしsun-dried
- 梅干しうめぼしumeboshi; pickled dried ume
- 潮干狩りしおひがりshell gathering (at low tide); clamming
- 煮干しにぼし(small crunchy) dried sardines
- 物干しものほしframe for drying clothes; clotheshorse
- 飲み干すのみほすto drink up; to drain (cup)
- あごが干上がるあごがひあがるto lose one's means of livelihood; to become unable to earn a living
- しらす干ししらすぼしdried young sardines
- 一夜干しいちやぼしfish salted and dried overnight
- 丸干しまるぼしwhole dried small fish; whole dried daikon
- 切り干し大根きりぼしだいこんthinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
- 刈り干すかりほすto cut and dry (in the sun)
- 割り干しわりぼしstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 割り干し大根わりぼしだいこんstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 割干しわりぼしstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 割干し大根わりぼしだいこんstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 味醂干しみりんぼしfish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun
- 土用干しどようぼしsummer airing (of clothes)
- 塩干ししおぼしsalted and dried
- 天道干してんとうぼしsun-dried
- 室内干ししつないぼしindoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
- 布団干しふとんほしdrying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)
- 干あがるひあがるto dry up; to parch
- 干からびるひからびるto dry up completely; to become stale
- 干しほしdrying; dried
Other readings
- 梅干うめぼしumeboshi; pickled dried ume
- 一夜干いちやぼしfish salted and dried overnight
- 乾干しからぼしsun-dried fish or vegetables
- 切干きりぼしdried daikon strips
- 切干しきりぼしdried daikon strips
- 切干し大根きりぼしだいこんthinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
- 切干大根きりぼしだいこんthinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
- 割干わりぼしstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 割干大根わりぼしだいこんstrips of daikon sliced the long way and dried
- 夜干よぼしdrying clothes at night
- 大権干犯たいけんかんぱんinfringing on the power of the sovereign
- 天日干してんぴぼしsun drying; solar drying
- 射干玉ぬばたまpitch-black; darkness
- 射干玉鳥ぬばたまどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 干ほしdrying; dried
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