Cojak

Hanzi Character Search: 渴

6E34

渴
thirsty, parched; yearn, pine
Radical 𣱱
Strokes (without radical) 9 Total Strokes 12
Mandarin reading jié kaì Cantonese reading hot3
Japanese on reading katsu Japanese kun reading kawaku kawaki
Korean reading kal kel Vietnamese reading khát

CEDICT Entries:

⇒    [ gān ]    parched, dry mouth
⇒    [ chōng zhǐ ]    to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
⇒    [ ]    to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly, to long for sth
⇒    [ lín jué jǐng ]    lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty, to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
⇒ 穿   [ lín chuān jǐng ]    lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision, to act when it is too late
⇒    [ yuǎn shuǐ jiě jìn ]    lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need, a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
⇒    [ ]    hungry and thirsty, (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
⇒    [ yǐn zhèn zhǐ ]    lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom), fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse

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