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Kanji Detail for 寒 - "cold, lonely"

寒

  • Meaning

    寒 means "cold, lonely." Also associated with shiver.

    1. Cold - Low temperature; chilly; frigid.

    2. Shiver - To tremble from cold or fear.

    3. Lonely - Desolate; lacking warmth; impoverished.

    4. Winter season - The coldest period before spring.

  • Words using 寒

    • 寒さ さむさ Listen coldness
    • 寒気 さむけ Listen chill; the shivers; shivering fit
    • 寒冷 かんれい Listen cold; coldness; chilliness
    • 寒波 かんぱ Listen cold wave
    • 寒い さむい Listen cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame
    • 悪寒 おかん Listen chill; shakes; ague
    • 寒暖計 かんだんけい Listen thermometer

  • Four-character idioms with 寒

    • 一暴十寒 いちばくじっかん Listen bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail
    • 三寒四温 さんかんしおん Listen alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)
    • 枯木寒巌 こぼくかんがん Listen withered trees and frozen rocks
    • 歳寒三友 さいかんさんゆう Listen the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
    • 頭寒足熱 ずかんそくねつ Listen keeping the head cool and feet warm

  • Tattoo check: 寒

    • Verified meaning: cold, lonely
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いるる, かん)
    • Also carries these associations: shiver

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 寒

    Given names 寒(いるる)Listen

    Surnames 寒(かん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cold

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cold, wintry, chilly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cold; poor; to tremble

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Winter weather. Opposite of heat. Such as 寒來暑往. | Cold. Such as 寒食. | Poor and distressed. Such as 一寒至此. Poor scholars are also called 寒士, 寒酸. | To cease. Such as 寒盟, meaning to cool off from an oath. | To shudder. Such as 心寒, 膽寒.

  • Onyomi

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    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

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    samu.i(さむ-い) さむ-い

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    cold shiver lonely difficult humiliated poor scarce winter season chilly frigid arctic freezing frost ice icy cool bleak brisk snow freeze numbing biting raw gelid glacial polar

Sentences including 寒

  • It was dark and cold in the room.

  • It is colder this year than last year.

  • I am easily affected by cold weather.

  • It's cold today so button your coat.

  • You'll soon get accustomed to this cold weather.

  • It is still colder today.

  • We are not cold in the house.

  • Was it cold yesterday?

  • It's difficult to get the car going on cold mornings.

  • The weather here is getting cold and i really do not like that.

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