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Kanji Detail for 汗 - "sweat, khan"

汗

  • Meaning

    汗 means "sweat, khan."

    1. Sweat - To perspire; to exude sweat.

    2. Khan - A title for Mongol or Turkish nomadic rulers.

  • Words using 汗

    • 冷や汗 ひやあせ Listen cold sweat
    • 発汗 はっかん Listen sweating; perspiration; sudation

  • Four-character idioms with 汗

    • 冷汗三斗 れいかんさんと Listen breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared
    • 汗牛充棟 かんぎゅうじゅうとう Listen (having, there being) a great number of books
    • 流汗淋漓 りゅうかんりんり Listen profuse perspiration; dripping with sweat

  • Tattoo check: 汗

    • Verified meaning: sweat, khan
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いくお, いくかわ, いくせ, いくよ)

    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 汗

    Surnames 汗(いくお)Listen 汗(いくかわ)Listen 汗(いくせ)Listen 汗(いくよ)Listen 汗(ふざかし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sweat; perspire

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    perspiration, sweat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    perspiration, sweat

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

    Liquid secreted by animal skin. | A metaphor for something issued that cannot be taken back. Once an edict is issued, it cannot be recalled, hence called "scattered sweat" (渙汗). Based on the Book of Changes. | 可汗 (Ke-han). Both refer to their king.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ase(あせ) あせ

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    sweat khan perspiration moisture exercise heat humidity exude perspire body odor dehydration workout sauna summer mongol nomadic rulers turkish

Sentences including 汗

  • The teacher's words put mary in a cold sweat.

  • I perspire a lot at night.

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