燥 — kanji meaning “parch”
燥
parch, dry up
- Meanings
- parch, dry up
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- はしゃ.ぐ
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1819 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- zào — Chinese character page
Words with 燥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乾燥 | かんそう kansou | dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes) |
| 焦燥 | しょうそう shousou | impatience; irritation; frustration |
| 乾燥機 | かんそうき kansouki | drying machine; dryer; desiccator |
| 燥ぐ | はしゃぐ hashagu | to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits |
| 乾燥果 | かんそうか kansouka | dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles) |
| 乾燥牛乳 | かんそうぎゅうにゅう kansougyuunyuu | powdered milk |
| 乾燥剤 | かんそうざい kansouzai | drying agent; desiccant |
| 乾燥材 | かんそうざい kansouzai | seasoned lumber |
| 乾燥室 | かんそうしつ kansoushitsu | drying room |
| 乾燥洗濯 | かんそうせんたく kansousentaku | dry cleaning |
| 乾燥地 | かんそうち kansouchi | dry land |
| 乾燥腐朽 | かんそうふきゅう kansoufukyuu | dry rot |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.