燥 means “dry, parch”

そう · sou

Also: dry up

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はしゃぐ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 17 strokes

The story

Fire (火) beside 喿, three mouths (品) over a tree (木): picture birds chattering in a tree as a fire dries the air. 乾燥 is dryness, and Japan's winter air is so dry that 乾燥注意報, dry air advisories, are part of the weather report.

Used in 乾燥 (kansou, dryness), 乾燥機 (kansouki, clothes dryer), and 乾燥肌 (kansouhada, dry skin)

Words with 燥

• 乾燥 (かんそう, kansou): dryness / dry

More from Kitchen & Chores

• 濃 thick
• 液 liquid
• 掃 sweep
• 喫 drink
• 干 dry
• 湯 hot water
• 溶 dissolve
• 塗 paint
• 瓶 bottle
• 缶 can
• 濯 wash
• 沸 boil

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.