扞
gǎn, hàn
ward off
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-kˤa[r]-s | hanH | hàn | ward off; protect, guard |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.0022% of movies
3010th most common character in movies
3255th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+625E |
Shuowen | “扞，忮也。从手，干聲。” |
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