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hàn

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hàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hàn | han4
English translation
chin, jowl; to nod

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About hàn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

hàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

head

Etymology of hàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

含页

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

hán

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using hàn

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他们 tā men 追逐 zhuī zhú de 主要 zhǔyào 对象 duìxiàng shì 野马 yě mǎ , 当时 dāngshí 一种 yī zhǒng yǒu hàn Máo de 小型 xiǎo xíng ǎi 种马 zhǒng mǎ .

Their chief pursuit was the wild horse, the little bearded pony of that time.

Words with hàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hàn chin hàn
颔首 hàn shǒu to nod one's head頷首

hàn Decomposition & Compounds

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