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乾 means 'dry up'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1355   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 51    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 132 words   Used in 155 words   Used in 121 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン
Kun
   かわく to dry up   かわかす to dry, desiccate　
Additional readings
On    ケン
Kun    ほす   ひる   いぬい
Components
⿰  𠦝 ten times earlier  乞 beg  
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See also
幹 main part  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 乾 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 乾 is used 132 times, read 6 ways (with 3 variations).
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カン : 92 words FIND ALL
か ん そ う 0
dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation
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ケン : 8 words FIND ALL
noun
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
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いぬい : 1 word FIND ALL
い ぬ い 0
noun
northwest  (archaic)
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かわく : 11 words FIND ALL
か わ か す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
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ほす : 7 words FIND ALL
ほ し い も 2
Most common form: 乾し薯
noun
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
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ひる : 7 words FIND ALL
ひ が し 2
noun
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies  (see also: 生菓子)
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ほす (read as ぼ) : 4 words FIND ALL
ひ ぼ し 3 ひ ぼ し 0
noun
starving
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かわく (read as がわ) : 1 word FIND ALL
な ま が わ き 0 な ま が わ き 3
noun
half-dried
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ひる (read as び) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)  (see also: 背美鯨; obscure term)
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An additional かわ.かす less common words include 乾 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1099  Joy o' Kanji : 1099  Key to Kanji: - 

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乾
カン   かわく to dry up   かわかす to dry, desiccate　   
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乞
こう to beg, request   
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乙
オツ    #2, second, B; fish hook   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ten times earlier
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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