乾

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 乾

けん

Noun

Freq #19272

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

11 strokes

Frequency: 1453

JLPT N2

Grade 8

drought

dry

desiccate

drink up

heaven

emperor

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds

カン

ケン

Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words

かわ.く

かわ.かす

ほ.す

ひ.る

いぬい

📝

Add words to your personal quiz list and master them using our spaced-repetition system. Practice makes perfect!