燥 zào arid
arid; dry; parched
怎么记住“燥”: 火 fire + 喿 chirp = arid. After weeks of sun as hot as fire, the birds barely chirp and the farmer's fields lie arid.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
燥 = 火 fire + 喿 chirp
- 火 fire meaning
- 喿 chirp sound
After weeks of sun as hot as fire, the birds barely chirp and the farmer's fields lie arid.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, fire gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound: dry.
用法
- Dry/parched: 干燥 (gānzào) dry (of climate, skin, air): 空气干燥 dry air.
- 枯燥 (kūzào) = dry and dull/tedious: 枯燥的工作 tedious work, a key figurative use.
- Note: 燥 (火 fire radical) = dry; don't confuse with 躁 (足 radical) = irritable (烦躁, 急躁).
- 皮肤干燥 (pífū gānzào) = dry skin.
含“燥”的词语
例句
- 沙漠的气候很干燥。 Shāmò de qìhòu hěn gānzào.The climate of the desert is very dry.