渇 (dry up, parch, thirst) - Kanji Codex

渇

dry up, parch, thirst

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かわ.く

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:1

Frequency:1944

Vocabulary

カツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
渇望	カツボウ	craving; longing; thirsting
枯渇	コカツ	drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
渇望者	カツボウシャ	desiring person; luster
飢渇	キカツ	hunger and thirst; starvation
渇仰	カツギョウ	adoration; reverence; esteem

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
渇き	かわき	thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
渇く	かわく	to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
渇水	かっすい	water shortage
渇	かつ	thirst
喉が渇く	のどがかわく	to be thirsty

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