Hanja Analyzer
燥

燥 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
마를 조
Romanization
jo
English
dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered
Mandarin
zào
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
はしゃ.ぐ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,819 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
火 (86, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+71E5

Parts that make up 燥

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 喿 새 때지어 울 소 나무 위에서 지저귀는 새 떼‘조·소’ 계열의 소리

How 燥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 燥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 火, 喿.

Korean example words with 燥

  • 조습燥濕 Korean gloss: 바싹 마름과 축축이 젖음
  • 조갈燥渴 Korean gloss: 입술이나 입 안, 목 따위가 타는 듯이 몹시 마름
  • 건조乾燥 Korean gloss: 물기나 습기가 말라서 없어짐. 또는 물기나 습기를 말려서 없앰
  • 고조하다高燥 Korean gloss: 땅이 높고 메마르다
  • 초조하다焦燥 Korean gloss: 애가 타서 마음이 조마조마하다
  • 건조감乾燥感 Korean gloss: 건조한 느낌
  • 초조감焦燥感 Korean gloss: 초조한 느낌
  • 건조지乾燥地 Korean gloss: 토질이 건조한 땅
  • 건조기乾燥期 Korean gloss: 기후가 건조한 시기
  • 건조성乾燥性 Korean gloss: 건조해지기 쉬운 성질
  • 건조대乾燥臺 Korean gloss: 물건 따위를 말리려고 설치한 대
  • 건조목乾燥木 Korean gloss: 물기나 습기를 말려서 없앤 목재

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 燥

  • 乾燥かんそう dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes)
  • 乾燥機かんそうき drying machine; dryer; desiccator
  • 焦燥しょうそう impatience; irritation; frustration
  • 燥ぐはしゃぐ to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
  • 枯燥こそう drying up; parching
  • 高燥こうそう high and dry
  • 乾燥果かんそうか dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); dried fruit
  • 乾燥剤かんそうざい drying agent; desiccant
  • 乾燥材かんそうざい seasoned lumber
  • 乾燥室かんそうしつ drying room
  • 乾燥地かんそうち dry land
  • 乾燥卵かんそうらん powdered eggs; dehydrated eggs; dried eggs

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 火

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