Question

燥 はしゃ.ぐ 乾燥(かんそう): dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation S 火: fire品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses木: tree; wood 火 4 (none) parch The parchment says you need fire to make goods from trees.

Accepted Answer

ソウ parch, dry up 2 1819 17 86 ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが 形声 Phonetic Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "furniture" (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (FRAME 215) , maneuver (#671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: It´s been so parched recently that your furniture suddenly catches fire. 215

Kanji	燥
Onyomi	ソウ
Kunyomi	はしゃ.ぐ
English	parch, dry up
Examples	乾燥(かんそう): dryness; aridity; insipidity; dehydration; desiccation
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1819
Components	火: fire 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 木: tree; wood
Number of Strokes	17
Kanji Radical	火
Radical Number	86
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・れっか・れんが
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	parch
Koohii Story 1	Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "furniture" (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (FRAME 215) , maneuver (#671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: It´s been so parched recently that your furniture suddenly catches fire.
Koohii Story 2	The parchment says you need fire to make goods from trees.
RTK Index	215

Fire Parch Goods It´S 燥 ソウ はしゃ.ぐ Dry

Fire Parch Goods It´S 燥ソウはしゃ.ぐ Dry