干旱

Traditional form:

乾旱

Pinyin (reading):

gānhàn

Definitions:

• drought
• arid
• dry

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 旱 - dry; drought; desert

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 旱 - dry; drought; desert