旱 (hàn): drought
旱 (hàn) is a Chinese character meaning “drought.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural) and 干 (structural). It ranks #2435 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 旱 the sun 日 baking a desert 干; 干 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- drought
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe sun 日 baking a desert 干; 干 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱日干 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 旱
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旱冰 | hàn bīng | roller skating |
| 旱獭 | hàn tǎ | marmot |
| 旱鸭子 | hàn yā zi | non-swimmer |
| 旱情 | hàn qíng | drought conditions |
| 大旱之望云霓 | dà hàn zhī wàng yún ní | see 大旱望雲霓|大旱望云霓[da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2] |
| 大旱望云霓 | dà hàn wàng yún ní | lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) |
| 干旱土 | gān hàn tǔ | aridisol (soil taxonomy) |
| 天旱 | tiān hàn | drought |
| 旱象 | hàn xiàng | drought |
| 旱金莲 | hàn jīn lián | garden nasturtium |
| 旱涝保收 | hàn lào bǎo shōu | to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood |
| 滑旱冰 | huá hàn bīng | (roller)blading |
| 抗旱 | kàng hàn | drought-resistant |
| 旱烟 | hàn yān | tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe) |
| 溜旱冰 | liū hàn bīng | roller blading (sport) |
旱 appears in 22 compound words: 55 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 旱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
旱灾严重，需要救援。
Hàn zāi yánzhòng, xūyào jiùyuán.
Severe drought requires rescue efforts.
玻州大旱98天 拉惹殿下率千人集体求雨
bō zhōu dà hàn 9 8 tiān lā rě diàn xià lǜ qiān rén jí tǐ qiú yǔ
After 98 Days of Severe Drought in Perlis, His Royal Highness the Raja Leads a Mass Rain-Praying Ceremony with a Thousand People
五福城花园油站旁林火 疑天气干旱引起
wǔ fú chéng huā yuán yóu zhàn páng lín huǒ yí tiān qì gān hàn yǐn qǐ
Forest Fire Near Wufucheng Garden Gas Station; Drought Suspected as Cause
花莲富里部分梅园因旱“一颗都没长”农会惊呼:从未见过
huā lián fù lǐ bù fēn méi yuán yīn hàn yī kē dōu méi cháng nóng huì jīng hū : cóng wèi jiàn guò
Some plum orchards in Fuli, Hualien, have "not produced a single fruit" due to the drought; the farmers' association exclaims: "We've never seen anything like this."
(乡村行·看振兴)山西介休:旱垣空心村搭上农文旅“快车”
( xiāng cūn háng kàn zhèn xīng ) shān xī jiè xiū : hàn 垣 kōng xīn cūn dā shàng nóng wén lǚ kuài chē
(Rural Tour: Witnessing Revitalization) Jiexiu, Shanxi: A Deserted Village in the Dry Wall Region Hops on the "Express Train" of Agriculture, Culture, and Tourism
惡劣!台中旱溪邊坡驚見新「平台」竟藏大量垃圾 市議員...
惡 liè ! tái zhōng hàn xī 邊 pō 驚 見 xīn píng tái jìng zàng dà liàng lā jī shì 議 員 . . .
Bad! Taichung Hanxi Slope was surprised to see a large amount of garbage hidden on the new "platform" City councilor...
这是三十年代以来最干旱的六月。
Zhè shì sānshí niándài yǐlái zuì gānhàn de Liùyuè.
This has been the driest six months in thirty years.
发生旱灾的时候，农民很难维持生计。
Fāshēng hànzāi de shíhou, nóngmín hěn nán wéichí shēngjì.
During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.
去年那个地区遭受了60年来最严重的干旱。
Qùnián nàge dìqū zāoshòu le 60 niánlái zuì yánzhòng de gānhàn.
Last year the region was visited by the worst drought in 60 years.
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