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汗

Sweat
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingあせ
JōyōGrade 8Level 26
  1. moisture
  2. condensation
  3. gulp

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · dry · clothesline

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1780

Compound words

発汗はっかん
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
冷や汗ひやあせ
cold sweat
一汗ひとあせ
doing a job
汗顔かんがん
ashamed
汗青かんせい
(written) history
汗腺かんせん
sweat gland
汗疣あせも
prickly heat
汗疱かんぽう
dyshidrosis
汗衫かざみ
ancient Japanese sweat-absorbent summer garment
汗袗あせとり
undergarment designed to soak up sweat
膏汗あぶらあせ
cold sweat
汗ばむあせばむ
to become slightly sweaty
汗抑えあせおさえ
antiperspirant
汗をかくあせをかく
to perspire
汗を掻くあせをかく
to perspire
汗を搔くあせをかく
to perspire
汗牛充棟かんぎゅうじゅうとう
(having, there being) a great number of books
成吉思汗ジンギスかん
jingisukan
流汗淋漓りゅうかんりんり
profuse perspiration
ジンギス汗ジンギスかん
jingisukan
亜富汗斯坦アフガニスタン
Afghanistan
阿富汗斯坦アフガニスタン
Afghanistan
綸言汗の如しりんげんあせのごとし
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid
綸言汗のごとしりんげんあせのごとし
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid

Kun Reading Examples

彼は額の汗を拭った。あせ
He wiped the sweat from his brow.tatoeba
彼の顔に汗がにじんでいた。あせ
The sweat stood on his face.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は額の汗を拭った。
He wiped the sweat from his brow.tatoeba
彼の顔に汗がにじんでいた。
The sweat stood on his face.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Sweat. 氵 (water) + 干 (dry) — water appearing on skin in the heat.

Practice Writing

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