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漢

Chinese
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingカン

Meanings

  1. chinese
  2. china
  3. sino-RtK
    漢語、外来語・片仮名語・話し言葉Sino-Japanese words, borrowed words and katakana words, and spoken wordswiki
  1. han dynasty (of China
  2. 202 BCE-220 CE)
  3. han (majority Chinese ethnic group)
  4. man

Popular Usage

漢字漢和漢語

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sino · water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · scarecrow · flowers (艹) · mouth (口) · husband

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1701

Compound words

彼はその漢詩を肉太に書いた。かんし
He wrote the Chinese poem in bold strokes.tatoeba
君は漢詩を読んだことがありますか。かんし
Have you ever read any Chinese poems?tatoeba
脚韻と平仄が漢詩の基本的ルールとなっています。かんし
Rhyme and meter form the essential rules of Chinese poetry.tatoeba
彼は大食漢だ。
He is a big eater.tatoeba
彼は漢字が全く書けない。
He can't write any kanji.tatoeba
彼はその漢詩を肉太に書いた。
He wrote the Chinese poem in bold strokes.tatoeba
地下鉄の痴漢には堪えられない。
I can't stand dirty old men in the subway.tatoeba
桑原翠邦…漢字書
Suiho KUWAHARA: calligraphy of Chinese characterswiki
※漢字は常用漢字に改めた。
* The kanji (Chinese characters) were altered to the commonly used characters.wiki
当時から漢語の和訓を知るために重宝された。
Since having been compiled, this document was used frequently for knowing Japanese pronunciations for Chinese wordswiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Chinese. 氵 (water) + the right side — the Han river, which gave the Chinese people their name.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漢

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step