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寒
hán
1. cold
2. poor
3. to tremble
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

寒
hán
chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

寒露
Hánlù
Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气]] 8th-22nd October
寒食
hánshí
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival [[清明節|清明节]])
寒鸦
hányā
(Chinese bird species) Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
小寒
Xiǎohán
Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气]] 6th-19th January
心寒
xīnhán
bitterly disappointed
受寒
shòuhán
affected by cold
寒潮
háncháo
cold wave
寒碜
hánchen
ugly
寒窗
hánchuāng
a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
寒舍
hánshè
my humble home
寒荆
hánjīng
(polite) my wife (old)
寒蝉
hánchán
cicada in winter
寒衣
hányī
winter clothing
寒酸
hánsuān
wretched
寒门
hánmén
poor and humble family
伤寒
shānghán
typhoid
清寒
qīnghán
poor
高寒
gāohán
high and cold (mountain area)
祛寒
qūhán
to dispel cold (TCM)
耐寒
nàihán
cold-proof

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,296
Word Frequency Rank
5,128 of 84,292

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