かん
乾
そう
燥

noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation.

noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. insipidity.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
乾
そう
燥
 乾燥 かんそう ✔

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)
parch, dry up
ソウ　はしゃ.ぐ (Early Jr. High, N2)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
chirping of birds
ソウ　ショウ　さわ.ぐ
goods, refinement, dignity
ヒン　しな　ホン (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
accuse, argue, dispute
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)