干る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
干
ひ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
乾る

Etymology

Originally an upper bigrade verb 干(ふ) (fu) in the Nara period.[1] It shifted into the upper monograde conjugation later on before the modern period.

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Pronunciation

Verb

干(ひ)る • (hiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 干(ひ) (hi), past 干(ひ)た (hita))

Japanese verb pair
active 干(ほ)す (干(ほ)す)
mediopassive 干(ひ)る (干(ひ)る)
  1. to dry
    Synonym: 乾く (kawaku)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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