漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
汗: sweat, perspire
JLPT N26 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 干 gives the sound
6 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 汗腺かんせんsweat gland
- 発汗するはっかんするsweat [v.i.]
あせase · kun'yomi · on its own
- 汗あせsweat, perspiration
- 汗かきあせかきperson who sweats a lot
- 汗だくあせだくdripping with sweat
- 汗ばむあせばむbe slightly sweaty
- 冷や汗ひやあせcold sweat
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
汗 takes the 干 family's reading, カン (kan).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side汗 sweat · 干
vs汁 soup · 十In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hàn
Same form: 汗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 汗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 汗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hàn 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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