寒

hán

h+án·2nd tone

cold · poor

Radical: 宀 Strokes: 12

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

家安定客官实密室容守宝宿

Same radical

家安定客官实密室容守宝宿宫宁宗

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Meanings

cold

poor

to tremble

hán

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Words with 寒 485 total

wind chill · cold weather · common cold (medicine)风寒fēng hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 20th January-3rd February大寒Dà hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday避寒bì hán alone and poor · humble · (Cantonese) miserly孤寒gū hán to fear · to be terrified胆寒dǎn hán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) · Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia寒蝉hán chán ugly · shameful · to ridicule寒碜hán chen polar climate寒带hán dài cold wind寒风hán fēng

Idioms with 寒 88 total Chain

three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) · fig. to tremble with fear · to be terrified不寒而栗bù hán ér lì lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent唇亡齿寒chún wáng chǐ hán

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