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渴
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thirsty

HSK 1
Human →Emotions
kě
カツ
かわ.く、かわき
갈
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 曷 why? what? where? =
渴 thirsty
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
曷 Phonetic component
hé why? what? where?
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渴
Regular
Modern
Chinese
渴 [kě]
thirsty
Japanese
渇 かつ 同音
noun thirst
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
渴望 [kě​wàng] #2,533
to thirst for
饥渴 [jī​kě] #8,366
hungry and thirsty
饥渴 [jī​kě] #8,366
hungry and thirsty
口渴 [kǒu​kě] #9,639
thirsty
渴求 [kě​qiú] #13,719
to long for
解渴 [jiě​kě] #31,868
to quench
如饥似渴 [rú​jī​sì​kě] #28,936
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
如饥似渴 [rú​jī​sì​kě] #28,936
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly
干渴 [gān​kě] #39,685
parched
干渴 [gān​kě] #39,685
parched
14 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
갈망 #35,555
longing; yearning; desire
갈구
desire; craving; longing
기갈
hunger and thirst
해갈
appeasing one's thirst; quenching one's thirst