旱

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drought

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The sun 日 baking a desert 干; 干 also provides the pronunciation

Components 日干

drought · Heisig RSH #1279

sun + 干 dry

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
干旱土	gān hàn tǔ	aridisol (soil taxonomy)
大旱之望云霓	dà hàn zhī wàng yún ní	see 大旱望雲霓\|大旱望云霓[da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2]
旱鸭子	hàn yā zi	non-swimmer
天旱	tiān hàn	drought
滑旱冰	huá hàn bīng	(roller)blading; roller skating; inline skating
旱情	hàn qíng	drought conditions
干旱	gān hàn	drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
旱金莲	hàn jīn lián	garden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus
大旱望云霓	dà hàn wàng yún ní	(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom); (fig.) to yearn for relief fro…
旱冰	hàn bīng	roller skating
旱烟	hàn yān	tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
溜旱冰	liū hàn bīng	roller blading (sport)
旱象	hàn xiàng	drought
抗旱	kàng hàn	drought-resistant; to weather a drought
旱涝保收	hàn lào bǎo shōu	to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood; to bring a stable income
旱季	hàn jì	dry season
荒旱	huāng hàn	drought and famine
旱灾	hàn zāi	drought
耐旱	nài hàn	drought tolerant
旱伞	hàn sǎn	(dialect) parasol

These characters use 旱 as their sound component — compare how they read.