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hàn

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hàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hàn | han4
English translation
variant of hàn [hàn]
to defend, to guard; to ward off

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About hàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

hàn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of hàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌旱

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

hàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and hàn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using hàn

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贝内特 Bèi nèi tè 发起 fā qǐ le 一场捍卫 hànwèi 道德 dàodé 价值 jiàzhí 反对 fǎnduì 腐朽 fǔxiǔ 堕落 duòluò de 自由 zìyóu 相对论 xiāng duì lùn de 战争 zhànzhēng

Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."

Words with hàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
捍卫 hànwèi to defend捍衛
hàn to defend hàn
捍卫者 hàn wèi zhě proponent捍衛者

hàn Decomposition & Compounds

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hàn Decomposition

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