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涵
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culvert

HSK 7
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hán
カン
ひた.す
함
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 函 letter =
涵 culvert
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
water
函 Phonetic component
hán letter
variant of 函[hán]
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
涵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涵 [hán]
to contain; to include; culvert
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (29)
内涵 [nèi​hán] #13,406
meaningful content
内涵 [nèi​hán] #13,406
meaningful content
涵盖 [hán​gài] #24,147
to cover
涵盖 [hán​gài] #24,147
to cover
涵义 [hán​yì] #24,161
content
涵义 [hán​yì] #24,161
content
包涵 [bāo​hán] #31,045
to excuse
蕴涵 [yùn​hán] #42,775
to contain
蕴涵 [yùn​hán] #42,775
to contain
涵养 [hán​yǎng] #48,610
to conserve (e.g. water)
19 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
涵養 [かんよう] #83,150
cultivation (of character, virtue, etc.)
水源涵養 [すいげんかんよう] #266,654
headwater conservation
水源涵養林 [すいげんかんようりん]
watershed protection forest
KOREAN WORDS (1)
함양
cultivation; fostering; development