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涸

hé

Character

What 涸 means

1. to dry
2. to dry up

Example sentences

• 这口井干涸了。
  Zhè kǒu jǐng gānhé le.
  The well has run dry.

Words starting with 涸

• 涸辙之鲋hé zhé zhī fùlit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom); fig. a person in dire straits
• 涸泽而渔hé zé ér yúsee 竭泽而渔

Words containing 涸

• 干涸gān héto dry up
• 濡沫涸辙rú mò hé zhéto help each other out in hard times (idiom)

Characters that look like 涸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 阔kuòrich; wide; broad
• 谦qiānmodest
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 渊yuāndeep pool; deep; profound
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach