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Kanji Detail for 漢 - "han river, man, china"

漢

  • Meaning

    漢 means "han river, man, china."

    1. Han River - A river flowing through China.

    2. Man - Male; fellow; guy.

    3. Milky Way - The galaxy.

    4. Han Dynasty - An ancient Chinese empire.

    5. Han people - The ethnic majority of China.

    6. China - Things related to China.

  • Words using 漢

    • 漢字 かんじ Listen kanji; Chinese character
    • 漢文 かんぶん Listen Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
    • 痴漢 ちかん Listen molester; groper; masher
    • 漢語 かんご Listen Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people
    • 漢和 かんわ Listen China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds
    • 常用漢字 じょうようかんじ Listen jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)

  • Four-character idioms with 漢

    • 和魂漢才 わこんかんさい Listen the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
    • 没分暁漢 ぼつぶんぎょうかん Listen obstinate person; blockhead
    • 没風流漢 ぼつふうりゅうかん Listen prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine

  • Tattoo check: 漢

    • Verified meaning: han river, man, china
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かん, はた)

    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 漢

    Given names 漢(かん)Listen

    Surnames 漢(はた)Listen

  • Onyomi

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    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    han river man china han dynasty han people milky way fellow male masculine history culture language

Sentences including 漢

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