干燥 gānzào Dry

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Traditional: 乾燥

Stroke order

干燥 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

干燥 — the Chinese character for Dry (gānzào), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 干燥 — Dry

干 — 3 strokes
燥 — 17 strokes

Senses

(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid
(of skin, mouth etc) dry
(fig.) dull; dry; boring
(of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure

Characters in 干燥

干 gān — dry; dried food; empty; hollow
燥 zào — dry; parched; impatient; vexed

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

干燥 is pronounced gānzào and means “Dry”.

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