干 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 干 mean?

Dry

How to read 干?

Kunyomi... ほす/hosu,ひる/hiru,おかす/okasu, かかわる/kakawaru, もとめる/motomeru, たて/tate

Onyomi... カン/kan

jinmeikun... taku, moto,

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

Other kanji information..

application	Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem.
type	common-use kanji
unicode	5E72 &#x5E72 (For HTML use)