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渙
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涣
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dispersed

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
huàn
カン
あきらか
환
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奐 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (渙)
氵 water (drops)+ 奐 be numerous =
渙 dispersed
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
奐 Phonetic component
be numerous
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Simplified (涣)
氵 water (drops)+ 奂 numerous =
涣 scatter
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
奂 Phonetic component
huàn numerous
be numerous, brilliant
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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
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
涣 / 渙 [huàn]
to dissipate; to dissolve
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
渙 かん
Kan given name
渙 きよし
Kiyoshi male given name
CHINESE WORDS (4)
涣散 [huàn​sàn] #32,013
to slacken
涣然冰释 [huàn​rán​bīng​shì] #69,521
to melt away (idiom)
人心涣散 [rén​xīn​huàn​sàn]
(of a nation, government etc) demoralized
涣然 [huàn​rán]
as if melting
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
渙散 [かんさん] #284,169
lysis
大詔渙発 [たいしょうかんぱつ]
promulgation of an Imperial rescript
渙然 [かんぜん]
untied