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    3. 干

    干

    干ほ.す

    dry

    N2KMT8Freq #1349Food & DiningKanji3 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ほ.すほ.し--ぼ.しひ.る

    On'yomi

    カン

    Nanori

    ほし

    dryparchebbrecedeinterfereintercede

    十

    干
    十

    Stroke 0 / 3

    Speed1.0x

    千平年幵幸午刊汗千幸年平幵

    Concepts using this kanji

    若干

    some

    干渉

    interference

    干潟

    tidal flat

    干す

    to air

    梅干し

    umeboshi

    干拓

    land reclamation (from sea)

    日干し

    sun-dried

    干満

    ebb and flow

    干支

    sexagenary cycle

    六十干支

    sexagenary cycle

    十干

    ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water)

    一夜干し

    fish salted and dried overnight

    土用干し

    summer airing (of clothes)

    天日干し

    sun drying

    干物女

    young woman who has given up on love

    三国干渉

    Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki)

    水干

    everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan

    外干し

    drying (clothes, etc.) outside

    物干し場

    place for drying laundry

    干し場

    drying place

    物干し台

    clothes-drying platform

    不干渉

    abstention

    室内干し

    indoor drying

    内政干渉

    interference in the domestic affairs of another country

    内政不干渉

    non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation

    あごが干上がる

    to lose one's means of livelihood

    干死ぬ

    to starve to death

    干し首

    shrunken head

    干渉的

    coherent

    若干名

    a few people

    役を干される

    to be deprived of one's role

    政治干渉

    political intervention

    可干渉的

    coherent

    干し物

    things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)

    干物

    dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

    干渉法

    interferometry

    物干し

    frame for drying clothes

    武力干渉

    armed intervention

    干渉電力

    interference power

    干害

    drought disaster

    部屋干し

    indoor drying

    干渉性

    coherence

    干出岩

    rock exposed during low tide

    切り干し大根

    thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon

    天干

    celestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)

    干天

    drought

    丸干し

    whole dried small fish

    ファブリペロー干渉計

    Fabry-Pérot interferometer

    干渉計

    interferometer

    スペックル干渉計

    speckle interferometer

    割り干し大根

    strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

    生干し

    half-dried

    大権干犯

    infringing on the power of the sovereign

    無干渉

    noninterference

    干渉信号

    interference signal

    対ソ干渉戦争

    Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)

    干葉

    dried leaves

    火干し

    drying over a fire

    干し草の山

    haystack

    夜干し

    drying at night (e.g. of clothes)

    干割れ

    drying up and cracking

    割り干し

    strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

    干割れる

    to dry out and crack

    非干渉的

    incoherent

    空間干渉

    space manipulation (e.g. supernatural ability)

    干海老

    dried shrimp

    過干渉

    excessive meddling (esp. by parents)

    布団干し

    drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

    非可干渉的

    incoherent

    風干し

    wind drying

    満ち干

    ebb and flow

    干る

    to dry (up)

    干し殺す

    to starve (someone) to death

    干し固める

    to dry until stiff

    素干し

    drying in the shade

    干城

    defending soldier

    干拓地

    reclaimed land

    干犯

    infringement

    干し物綱

    clothes line

    物干し綱

    clothesline

    飲み干す

    to drink up

    干葉飯

    rice with dried daikon leaves

    干し草

    hay

    干しナマコ

    dried trepang

    干し

    drying

    しらす干し

    dried young sardines

    干ばつ

    drought

    干からびる

    to dry up

    干しぶどう

    raisins

    干し肉

    dried meat

    干菓子

    dried candies

    射干玉

    pitch-black

    干し李

    prune

    射干

    fringed iris (Iris japonica)

    汲み干す

    to empty out

    杯を干す

    to drink the cup dry

    干潮線

    low-water mark

    干飯

    dried boiled rice

    甘干し

    peeled persimmon cured in the sun for stronger taste

    符号間干渉

    ISI

    潮の干満

    ebb and flow

    虫干し

    airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)

    塩干

    salting and drying (e.g. fish)

    塩干し

    salted and dried

    射干玉鳥

    lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

    干し魚

    dried fish

    干菜

    dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)

    干潮

    low tide

    潮干

    low tide

    超長距離干渉計

    very long baseline interferometry

    干戈を動かす

    to open hostilities

    刈り干す

    to cut and dry (in the sun)

    干天慈雨

    welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought

    干乾し

    starvation

    乾干し

    sun-dried fish or vegetables

    干戈を交える

    to open hostilities

    物干し竿

    pole on which to hang laundry for drying

    干し柿

    dried persimmons

    干菜湯

    bath of dried leaves (esp. daikon and turnip)

    潮干潟

    tidal flat

    干潟星雲

    Lagoon Nebula

    網干垣

    bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net

    薄膜干渉

    thin-film interference

    欄干

    railing

    味醂干し

    fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

    甲羅を干す

    to bask in the sun lying flat on one's stomach

    甲羅干し

    basking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles)

    干菜汁

    hoshina soup

    切り干し

    dried daikon strips

    潮干狩り

    clam digging (at low tide)

    干渉縞

    interference fringes

    干上がる

    to dry up

    干鰯

    fertilizer made from dried sardines

    筍干

    dish of seasonal vegetables and bamboo shoots

    干鱈

    dried cod

    干し鱈

    dried cod

    干し芋

    dried slices of steamed sweet potato

    干戈

    weapon

    煮干

    (small crunchy) dried sardines

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    • 飲み干す
    • 干し物
    • 干し固める
    • 干し草
    • 干る
    • 干害
    • 干潟
    • 干乾し
    • 干渉
    • 干拓
    • 干天
    • 干物
    • 干満
    • 刈り干す
    • 干し
    • 干菓子
    • 乾干し
    • 煮干
    • 若干
    • 十干
    • 切り干し
    • 潮の干満
    • 潮干
    • 内政干渉
    • 梅干し
    • しらす干し
    • 不干渉
    • 満ち干
    • 欄干
    • 干ばつ
    • 干し魚
    • 潮干狩り
    • 干上がる
    • 干からびる
    • 干しぶどう
    • 干す
    • 物干し
    • 日干し
    • 干犯
    • 干飯
    • 甲羅干し
    • 干支
    • 汲み干す
    • 土用干し
    • 丸干し
    • 武力干渉
    • 火干し
    • 味醂干し
    • 物干し竿
    • 物干し場
    • 素干し
    • 甘干し
    • 干戈
    • 干拓地
    • 干城
    • 干渉計
    • 干渉縞
    • 干割れ
    • 干し場
    • 干葉
    • 干し鱈
    • 虫干し
    • 内政不干渉
    • 生干し
    • 杯を干す
    • 干し柿
    • 干し李
    • 役を干される
    • 無干渉
    • スペックル干渉計
    • 塩干し
    • 干鰯
    • 干海老
    • 干し肉
    • 政治干渉
    • 物干し台
    • 干天慈雨
    • 大権干犯
    • 水干
    • 射干
    • 物干し綱
    • 干戈を交える
    • 布団干し
    • 一夜干し
    • 射干玉鳥
    • 切り干し大根
    • 割り干し大根
    • 割り干し
    • 三国干渉
    • 射干玉
    • 天干
    • あごが干上がる
    • 干渉信号
    • 干渉電力
    • 符号間干渉
    • 干割れる
    • 天日干し
    • 干物女
    • 網干垣
    • 干菜
    • 干潮線
    • 潮干潟
    • 夜干し
    • 干し草の山
    • 干渉法
    • 干潮
    • 干潟星雲
    • 風干し
    • 若干名
    • 薄膜干渉
    • 部屋干し
    • 干死ぬ
    • 超長距離干渉計
    • 可干渉的
    • 干渉的
    • 非可干渉的
    • 非干渉的
    • 空間干渉
    • 干渉性
    • 干し首
    • 干菜汁
    • 干菜湯
    • 干し芋
    • 室内干し
    • 干鱈
    • 甲羅を干す
    • 過干渉
    • 干し物綱
    • 対ソ干渉戦争
    • 干しナマコ
    • 干し殺す
    • 干葉飯
    • 干戈を動かす
    • 筍干
    • 外干し
    • 六十干支
    • ファブリペロー干渉計
    • 塩干
    • 干出岩

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