To Dry Something
To Hang Dry Something
transitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means dry and the verb vocab version is to dry something.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Why do you need to dry something? Because someone used a hose (ほす) and got everything all wet. Ugh, you shouldn't leave that hose out anymore...
え、下着を外に干すの？
Oh, do you hang your underwear outside to dry?
バスタオルなら、そこに干してあるでしょ？
If you're looking for bath towels, they're hanging there, right?
あの芸人、ゼッタイ最近干されてるよね。
I think that comedian has definitely been deprived of any chance to appear on television recently. Don't you agree?