乾

Dry

Also: Drought, Desiccate, Drink Up

On'yomi

  • かん kan
  • けん ken

Kun'yomi

  • かわ(く) kawaku
  • ほ ho
  • ひ hi
  • いぬい inui
Stroke count
11
Radical
乙 second · Kangxi radical 5
JLPT level
N2
School grade
Secondary school

乾 has 11 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 乙 (second), number 5. Hashidari places it at JLPT N2. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N2 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji