hān

snore loudly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
鼻 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

nose

干 sound component

  Sound component

gāngàn

  

interfere

Evolution

鼾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hān

snore loudly; snore; to snore

Most common words with 鼾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

打鼾

to snore

鼾声

sound of snoring

snore

鼾声如雷

thunderous snoring