Japanese symbol for “dried”
干し
ほし
Romaji: hoshi
drying; dried
In Japanese, dried is 干し, read ほし (hoshi).
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Meanings
- n, n-pref drying; dried
Written forms: 干し、乾し、干、乾. Readings: ほし.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 若干 | じゃっかん jakkan | some; few; a number of |
| 干渉 | かんしょう kanshou | interference; intervention; meddling |
| 梅干し | うめぼし umeboshi | umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum |
| 干す | ほす hosu | to air; to dry; to desiccate |
| 干潟 | ひがた higata | tidal flat; tideland |
| 物干し | ものほし monohoshi | frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse |
See also: Chinese symbol for “dried”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.