干旱 gānhàn▶ kekeringan

Stroke order

干旱 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

• 干 — 3 strokes
• 旱 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. drought
2. (of land, climate etc) arid; dry

Related words

• 干劲Mengemudi
• 干扰mengganggu
• 干涉gangguan
• 干预campur tangan
• 才干Bakat
• 若干sejumlah tertentu

干旱 is pronounced gānhàn and means “kekeringan”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 干旱 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.