hàn

drought

sun (日) + dry (干) = drought

The sun bakes the earth dry — when the sky gives nothing but heat and daylight, the land withers. Together these two components paint the exact condition of a drought.

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DrySemantic
The sunSemantic

今年夏天情很严重,很多田地都干了。

jīn nián xià tiān hàn qíng hěn yán zhòng, hěn duō tián dì dōu gān le。

This summer the drought situation is very serious, and many fields have dried up.

这场灾让农民损失了大量的粮食。

zhè chǎng hàn zāi ràng nóng mín sǔn shī le dà liàng de liáng shi。

This drought caused farmers to lose a large amount of grain.

Words with 旱

干旱

gān hàn

drought

干旱土

gān hàn tǔ

aridisol (soil taxonomy)

亢旱

kàng hàn

severe drought (literary)

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)

天旱

tiān hàn

drought

抗旱

kàng hàn

drought-resistant

旱魃

hàn bá

drought demon

旱伞

hàn sǎn

(dialect) parasol

旱冰

hàn bīng

roller skating

旱厕

hàn cè

pit toilet

旱情

hàn qíng

drought conditions

More characters with 日