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CHINESE CHARACTER

hàn

汗

汗

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sweat

Numbered pinyin
han4
English meanings
see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2], perspiration, sweat, CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1], to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 干.

Meaning & sound clues

氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.

干 is identified as the sound component (gàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 汗.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰氵干

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    chū出le了hěn很duō多hàn汗。

    Sweated a lot.

  2. 02

    cā擦hàn汗。

    Wipe the sweat.

  3. 03

    hànshuǐ汗水。

    Sweat.

  4. 04

    mǎn满tóu头dà大hàn汗。

    Drenched in sweat.

  5. 05

    chūhàn出汗。

    Sweat.

  6. 06

    hàn汗shī湿le了yīfu衣服。

    Sweat soaked the clothes.

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  • 出汗
  • 汗水