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翰
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writing brush

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Making
hàn
カン
はね、ふで、やまどり、ふみ
한
Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound.
Components
羽 feathers+ 倝 sunrise =
翰 writing brush
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feathers
feather, plume
倝 Phonetic component
gàn sunrise
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Notes
Similar Characters
塌 fall down溻 wet褟 inner shirt or singlet蹋 tread遢 negligent鳎 sole (simp)扇 fan榻 cot羿 legendary archer翁 elderly man翅 fins翊 assist翎 plume翔 soar翕 agree (iii)翘 turn up (simp)翟 pheasant翠 emerald green翡 emerald翥 off
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
翰
Regular
Modern
Chinese
翰 [Hàn]
surname Han
翰 [hàn]
writing brush; writing; pen
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
翰 いくお
Ikuo unclassified name
翰 いくひろ
Ikuhiro unclassified name
翰 かん
Kan given name
CHINESE WORDS (61)
约翰 [Yuē​hàn] #1,398
John (name)
约翰 [Yuē​hàn] #1,398
John (name)
约翰逊 [Yuē​hàn​xùn] #7,173
Johnson or Johnston (name)
约翰逊 [Yuē​hàn​xùn] #7,173
Johnson or Johnston (name)
伯明翰 [Bó​míng​hàn] #22,535
Birmingham
约翰内斯堡 [Yuē​hàn​nèi​sī​bǎo] #28,657
Johannesburg, South Africa
约翰内斯堡 [Yuē​hàn​nèi​sī​bǎo] #28,657
Johannesburg, South Africa
翰林 [Hàn​lín] #34,125
refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
翰林院 [Hàn​lín​yuàn] #42,190
Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
翰林学士 [Hàn​lín​xué​shì] #45,111
members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
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JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 書簡 [しょかん] #19,347
letter
書簡箋 [しょかんせん] #117,050
letter paper
宸翰 [しんかん] #133,635
Imperial letter
翰林 [かんりん] #149,400
literary circles
翰林院 [かんりんいん] #157,203
academy
手簡 [しゅかん] #183,957
letter
翰墨 [かんぼく] #205,354
brush and ink
寸簡 [すんかん] #223,681
short letter
珍糞漢 [ちんぷんかん] #283,060
babble
貴翰 [きかん] #286,666
your letter
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
서한
letter; epistle; correspondence