涸 (hé) · to dry up, to run dry

Meanings

1 to dry up
2 to run dry

Characters

涸

hé

to dry up

Examples

HSK 7-9

久旱之后，河水涸了。

Jiǔhàn zhīhòu, hé shuǐ hé le.

After a long drought the river dried up.

HSK 7-9

雪中送炭犹如救涸辙之鱼。

Xuězhōngsòngtàn yóurú jiù hé zhé zhī yú.

Helping someone in desperate need is like saving a fish stranded in a dried-up rut.

Tips

usage

A literary word for water drying up, common in 干涸 ('to dry up') and the idiom 涸辙之鲋 ('a fish stranded in a dry rut'), meaning someone in dire straits.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (radical form)

The three-drop water radical, the left-side form of 水. Fitting for a word about water vanishing, the same family as 河 and 湖.

phonetic

固 gù

solid; firm; phonetic

Solid, supplying the sound; gù shifts to hé. Its 'hardened, set' sense loosely echoes ground baking dry. Same phonetic in 锢.

Stroke Order

涸 hé

Related Words

干涸 gānhé #20,325

to dry up / to run dry (of a body of water) / to become parched

跑 pǎo HSK 2 #290

to run / to run away; to escape / to run around (on errands) / to leak; to evaporate / away; off

乱跑 luànpǎo #7,525

to run around aimlessly / to run about wildly / to wander off

民办 mínbàn HSK 7-9

privately run / non-governmental / civilian-run

晒 shài HSK 5 #4,595

to dry in the sun; to sunbathe / to share (photos/life online); to show off

碰上 pèngshàng #5,188

to run into; to come across / to encounter (by chance)

运作 yùnzuò HSK 7-9 #4,160

to operate; to run; operations / to function; workings

跑步 pǎobù HSK 2 #5,223

to run; jogging / to go running

遭遇 zāoyù HSK 6 #3,944

to encounter; to run into (often something bad) / experience; ordeal (noun)

营 yíng #3,929

camp; barracks / to manage; to operate; to run / to seek; to strive for