Phono-semantic compound:
火 (화, fire) – semantic component, indicating heat, burning, dryness.
喿 (조, to chirp, noisy) – phonetic component, providing the sound.
Thus the character originally conveyed the sense of dryness through burning or heat.

Closely associated with environmental dryness, used in contrast to 潤 (윤, moist).
乾燥 (건조) — dry, arid
燥熱 (조열) — hot and dry
燥性 (조성) — dryness, dry nature (in materials, medicine, etc.)
性燥 (성조) — irritable, quick-tempered (figurative)

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Vocabulary

flame, blaze, fire

fierce, intense, violent, strong, severe, vehement, ardent, passionate

to not have, none, nothing

so, thus, in that way

to simmer, to decoct, to fry

to shine, to illuminate, to reflect, to take a photograph, to compare, to refer to

to be cooked, ripe, done, to ripen, mature, to be skilled, practiced, familiar

hot, warm, heat, fever

to dry up, to become dry, to parch, to wither

to light a fire, to cook, to burn fuel

to contend, struggle, quarrel, to compete, vie for, to argue, dispute

to do, to act, to become, to turn into, for the sake of, on behalf of

rank, title of nobility, official post

thing, object, matter, “something, stuff” in general usage

to pull, to lead

to commit, violate, offender, criminal, to intrude, trespass, encroach

form, shape, appearance, document, written form

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燥

Etymology

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