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 (7th, 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 (11th)
person(人) variant
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと-　オツ　イツ (8th, N1)
parch, dry up
ソウ　はしゃ.ぐ (7th, 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)