漢
カン
China, Chinese, man
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵
- 音読み
- カン
- 訓読み
Structure
漢 has the water radical 氵 on the left. Its right side resembles part of 難; compare the complete characters and their components below.
Common mistakes
- 漢 is the Han dynasty, so 漢字 = "Han characters" — the same idea as Spanish caracteres chinos. Same right side as 難 (難しい, difficult): 漢字は難しい is a handy way to remember both.
Examples
漢字かんじ
kanji
漢方薬かんぽうやく
Chinese herbal medicine
漢和辞典かんわじてん
kanji dictionary
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