Kanji
渇
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1944
thirst, dry up, parch
On'yomi (音読み)
カツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かわ.く
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
渇水
かっすい
water shortage
枯渇
こかつ
drying up; running dry
渇望
かつぼう
craving; longing
渇
かつ
thirst
飢渇丸
きかつがん
starch-based portable ration pill used by ninja and soldiers
消渇
しょうかち
diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine)
渇筆
かっぴつ
drybrush; brush which gives a blurred effect in writing or painting
止渇
しかつ
moistening a dry mouth or throat (to relieve thirst)
渇愛
かつあい
thirst; craving
口渇
こうかつ
thirst; dry mouth
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
渇き
かわき
thirst
渇く
かわく
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty
渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず
かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず
better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are
渇に臨みて井を掘る
かつにのぞみていをほる
to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
渇に臨みて井を穿つ
かつにのぞみてせいをうがつ
to fail to make timely preparations; to not dig a well until one is thirsty
渇す
かっす
to be thirsty; to be dry
渇する
かっする
to be thirsty; to be dry
渇を癒やす
かつをいやす
to quench one's thirst
Example sentences
空腹（くうふく）でのどの渇（かわ）きを覚（おぼ）え、私（わたし）たちはようやく宿（やど）に着（つ）いた。
Hungry and thirsty, we at last reached the inn.
お腹（なか）が空（あ）いていたばかりでなく、私（わたし）達（たち）は喉（のど）の渇（かわ）きにも苦（くる）しんでいた。
Not only were we hungry, but we were also suffering from thirst.
お腹（なか）が空（あ）いたし、のども渇（かわ）いた。
I'm hungry and thirsty.
渇（かわ）しても盗泉（とうせん）の水（みず）は飲（の）まず。
The eagle does not catch flies.