hàn
writing brush
Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 翰
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
John (name) | ||
Johnson or Johnston (name) | ||
pen | ||
Birmingham | ||
Johannesburg, South Africa |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤar (MC implies *-s) | hanH | hàn | white (of a horse) |
*[g]ˤar-s | hanH | hàn | pheasant; feather, wing |
*[g]ˤar-s | hanH | hàn | high |
*m-kˤar-s | hanH | hàn | prop up, support |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 10.0913% of movies
1184th most common character in movies
1881st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+7FF0 |
Shuowen | “翰,天雞,赤羽也。从羽,倝聲。” |
Sources
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