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干 means 'dry' or 'drying frame'

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Strokes : 3    Radical number: 51    Frequency: 1260   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-17    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 50    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 72 words   Used in 139 words   Used in 211 names   Component in 151 kanji (20 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン
Kun
   ひる to get dry   ほす to dry (something), to air
Additional readings
Kun    ほし-   -ぼし
Name    ほし
Variants
⼲  
Notes
Find out about the radical that is etymologically nowhere to be found in kanji such as 年 (year), 平 (flat), and 幹 (main part).
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 干 is used 8 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 干 is used 131 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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カン : 50 words FIND ALL
じ ゃ っ か ん 0
1. some; few; a number of; a little (bit)
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
2. somewhat; to a certain extent
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ほす : 25 words FIND ALL
ほ す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to air; to dry; to desiccate
2. to drain (off)
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ほす (read as ぼ) : 23 words FIND ALL
う め ぼ し 0
noun
umeboshi; pickled ume; pickled plum
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ひる : 19 words FIND ALL
ひ が た 0
noun
tidal flat; tideland
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ほす (read as ほし) : 11 words FIND ALL
も の ほ し だ い 0
Most common form: 物干し台
noun
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
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-ぼし (read as ぼし) : 3 words FIND ALL
に ぼ し 0
noun
(small crunchy) dried sardines
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An additional 7 less common words include 干 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 840 (originally: 825)  Joy o' Kanji : 825  Key to Kanji: 133 

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干
カン   dry; drying frame   ひる to get dry   ほす to dry (something), to air   
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