燥
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zào · arid, dry, parched

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Shape and proportion

17Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 燥

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Example sentences

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Zhè lǐ de xià tiān hěn cháo shī, lìng wài, dōng tiān hěn gān zào.这里的夏天很潮湿,另外,冬天很干燥。

It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

Source: Tatoeba #334378 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rú guǒ méi yǒu le yīn lè, zhè gè shì jiè yí dìng huì biàn dé shí fēn kū zào fá wèi.如果沒有了音樂,這個世界一定會變得十分枯燥乏味。

If not for music, the world would be a dull place.

Source: Tatoeba #1241897 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū, jīhū shì yí piàn huāng mò.这是片干燥地区,几乎是一片荒漠。

It is an arid region, almost a desert.

Source: Tatoeba #10011733 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hán lěng qián zào, càn làn de yáng guāng, duō mó měi lí de dōng rì tiān qì !寒冷乾燥,燦爛的陽光,多麼美麗的冬日天氣!

Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather!

Source: Tatoeba #816881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 燥 in context

  1. Say zào, then recall the core meaning: arid, dry, parched.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 枯燥 (kū zào), meaning “dry and dull”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 燥 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.