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旱
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drought

HSK 7
Nature →Weather
hàn
カン
ひでり
한
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 干 offend =
旱 drought
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
干 Phonetic component
gān offend
to concern
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Notes
Similar Characters
旰 dusk妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
旱 [hàn]
drought
Japanese
日照り 、 旱 、 日でり 、 旱り ひでり 同音
noun dry weather; drought
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
日照り続きでその池は干上がった。
The pond dried up in hot weather.
CHINESE WORDS (35)
干旱 [gān​hàn] #17,799
drought
干旱 [gān​hàn] #17,799
drought
抗旱 [kàng​hàn] #9,944
drought-resistant
旱冰 [hàn​bīng] #30,957
roller skating
旱灾 [hàn​zāi] #40,394
drought
旱灾 [hàn​zāi] #40,394
drought
旱情 [hàn​qíng] #19,399
drought conditions
旱獭 [hàn​tǎ] #42,647
marmot
旱獭 [hàn​tǎ] #42,647
marmot
旱鸭子 [hàn​yā​zi] #45,139
non-swimmer
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JAPANESE WORDS (9)
日照り [ひでり] #47,834
dry weather
干ばつ [かんばつ] #58,329
drought
女日照り [おんなひでり] #103,269
scarcity of eligible women
男日照り [おとこひでり] #106,956
scarcity of eligible men
干天 [かんてん] #153,491
drought
干害 [かんがい] #183,578
drought disaster
旱水 [かんすい] #268,150
drought and floods
旱天慈雨 [かんてんじう]
welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought
旱損 [かんそん]
drought damage