涸 hé 🔊 to dry 11 strokes + Keep this word Meanings hé to dryto dry up Its parts 氵 shuǐ form of 水: water 固 gù hard = 囗 + 古 Dictionaries file it under 水. Words with 涸 干涸 gān hé to dry up 涸泽而渔 hé zé ér yú see 竭澤而漁|竭泽而渔[jie2 ze2 er2 yu2] 涸辙之鲋 hé zhé zhī fù lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom) 濡沫涸辙 rú mò hé zhé to help each other out in hard times (idiom)