hān
enjoy intoxicants
Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 酣
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to one's heart's content (idiom) | ||
intoxicated | ||
to sleep soundly | ||
unrestrained | ||
to fight lustily |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤam | ham | hān | half-drunk |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3582nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+9163 |
Shuowen | “酣，酒樂也。从酉，从甘，甘亦聲。” |
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