Amazing Chinese Characters (566) Dry - 燥

 The big seal script of character Dry is

The left is character Fire, the right is character Noise. The sun is like fire toasting the earth, the air is very dry, making people feel restless, same as disturbed by bird's noise. The character is different from another character Dry - 干 (Post 395), which means "dry every where especially the soil". 

The small seal script of the character is

The left is Fire, the right is Noise, 

The clerical script of the character is 

The left is Fire, the right is Noise. 

The pinyin of the character is Zao4.