旱 (hon5 | han4) : dry, arid; drought

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旱

hon5

han4

[1] dry; arid
[2] drought; dry spell; aridness
[3] on land

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

旱

Don't confuse with:
早

This word has been viewed 5244 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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旱地 hon5 dei6 han4 di4 = dry land

旱季 hon5 gwai3 han4 ji4 = dry season

乾旱 gon1 hon5 = dry; arid; drought

旱災 hon5 zoi1 han4 zai1 = a drought

旱廁 hon5 ci3 = aqua privy latrine

抗旱 kong3 hon5 kang4 han4 = [v] to weather a drought

天時旱 tin1 si4 hon5 = the dry season

旱天 hon5 tin1 = dry weather

耐旱 noi6 hon5 nai4 han4 = drought resistant, drought enduring

旱冰 hon5 bing1 han4 bing1 = roller skating

滑旱冰 waat6 hon5 bing1 hua2 han4 bing1 = (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating

旱魃 hon5 baat6 han4 ba2 = the hanba, the demonic spirit of drought

亢旱 kong3 hon5 kang4 han4 = extreme drought

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Decimal representation of this word: 旱
Unicode code for this character: U+65f1 (off-site link)

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