noun

  1. dried lacquer.
  2. dry lacquer (technique), kanshitsu, technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
乾漆 かんしつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

drought, dry, dessicate
カン かわ.く いぬい (Early Jr. High, N2)
eminent(卓) variant
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
early, fast
はや.い サッ ソウ (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
beg, invite, ask
こ.う コツ キツ (Late High School)
person, (人 variant)
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと- オツ イツ (Late Jr. High, N1)
lacquer, varnish, seven
シツ うるし うる (Early High School, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
lacquer, (漆 variant)
シツ うるし
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ