燥

zào · sào

dry; parched · impatient; vexed

Radical: 火 Strokes: 17

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾

Same radical

火灵烟灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛灶

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Character Decomposition

燥=火+喿

Etymology

fire

Meanings

dry; parched

impatient; vexed

(bound form) (Taiwan pr.) minced meat

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Words with 燥 63 total

(of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid · (of skin, mouth etc) dry · (fig.) dull; dry; boring · (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure干燥gān zào dry and dull; uninteresting; tedious枯燥kū zào

Idioms with 燥 9 total

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much口干舌燥kǒu gān shé zào tedious · dreary枯燥无味kū zào wú wèi