干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
干旱
gānhàn
dry, arid
Characters in this word
旱 hàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 连续几个月的干旱使当地粮食产量大幅下降。 Liánxù jǐ ge yuè de gānhàn shǐ dāngdì liángshi chǎnliàng dàfú xiàjiàng. Several consecutive months of drought caused local grain production to fall sharply.
- 今年夏天特别干旱，河水几乎都干了。 Jīnnián xiàtiān tèbié gānhàn, héshuǐ jīhū dōu gān le. This summer is especially dry, and the river has almost dried up.
- 干旱地区的农民常常要从很远的地方挑水。 Gānhàn dìqū de nóngmín chángcháng yào cóng hěn yuǎn de dìfang tiāo shuǐ. Farmers in arid regions often have to carry water from far away.