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汗

hàn, hán

sweat

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

汗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汗 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
汗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
汗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
汗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

汗  

hàn

perspiration, sweat; perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[dī],頭|头[tóu],身[shēn]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)

汗  

hán

see 可汗[kè​hán], 汗國|汗国[hán​guó]

Most common words with 汗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汗

sweat

阿富汗

Afghanistan

汗水

sweat

冷汗

cold sweat

流汗

to sweat

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.[g]ˤa[r]-s

hanH

hàn

sweat (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 14.6404% of movies

1679th most common character in movies

1490th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+6C57

Shuowen

“汗，人液也。从水，干聲。”


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