漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
寒: cold
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 三, 八 and 冫 are drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 寒気かんきthe cold (weather)
- 寒波かんぱspell of cold weather
- 寒冷かんれいcold; coldness; chilliness
- 悪寒おかんchill; shakes; ague
- 寒暖計かんだんけいthermometer
さむいsamui · kun'yomi · on its own
- 寒いさむいcold (e.g. weather)
- 寒気さむけchill
- 寒ささむさcoldness
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
三
Also built on three (三)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side寒 cold · 冫
vs塞 close · 土In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hán
Same form: 寒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 寒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 寒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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