Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

1349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Kunyomi: ほ.す ほ.し- -ぼ.し ひ.る

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かん

Meaning: pestle

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

満(かんまん)   ebb and flow (of a tide)

潮(かんちょう)   ebb tide

(じゃっかん)   some, a few [n., adv.]

渉する(かんしょうする)   interfere, intervene

拓する(かんたくする)   reclaim land

す(ほす)   dry, drain

し(うめぼし)   dried plum

る(ひる)   dry [v.i.]

上がる(ひあがる)   dry up, parch

狩り(しおひがり)   shell gathering (at low tide)

Onyomi Examples

関与 カンヨ participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in

カンショウ interference, intervention, meddling

スイカン everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan, silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

ジッカン ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water), ten heavenly stems

Kunyomi Examples

ほす to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.

ひる to dry