hàn
drought
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 旱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
drought | ||
drought | ||
drought-resistant | ||
roller skating | ||
drought |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤa[r]ʔ | hanX | hàn | dry, drought |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.2975% of movies
3214th most common character in movies
2523rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+65F1 |
Shuowen | “旱，不雨也。从日，干聲。” |
Sources
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