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函

hán

Character

What 函 means

1. envelope
2. case
3. letter

Other readings

函 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hánvariant of {函|hán}

Example sentences

• 他今晚将抵达函馆。
  Tā jīnwǎn jiāng dǐdá Hánguǎn.
  He will reach Hakodate tonight.
• 你给多少人发了邀请函？
  How many people did you send invitations to?
• 二次函数在这里是不可用的。
  èrcìhánshù zài zhèlǐ shì bù kě yòng de.
  A quadratic function cannot be used here.
• 三角函数满足各种代数恒等式。
  The trigonometric functions satisfy a wide array of notable algebraic identities.
• 这架飞机往返于大坂和函馆之间。
  Zhè jià fēijī wǎngfǎn yú Dàbǎn hé Hánguǎn zhījiān.
  This plane flies between Osaka and Hakodate.
• 这架飞机往返于大阪和函馆之间。
  This plane flies between Osaka and Hakodate.

Words starting with 函

• 函数hán shùfunction (math.)
• 函授hán shòuto teach by correspondence
• 函件hán jiànletters; correspondence
• 函人hán rénarmor maker
• 函大hán dàcorrespondence university (abbr. for 函授大学
• 函子hán zifunctor (math.)
• 函购hán gòumail order
• 函办hán bànto bring to justice; to hand over to the law (abbr. for 函送法办
• 函送hán sòng(formal) to inform by letter; to submit in writing
• 函馆Hán guǎnHakodate, main port of south Hokkaidō 北海道
• 函式库hán shì kùlibrary (partition on computer hard disk)
• 函谷关Hán gǔ GuānHangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the…
• 函授大学hán shòu dà xuécorrespondence university
• 函授课程hán shòu kè chéngcorrespondence course
• 函送法办hán sòng fǎ bànto bring to justice; to hand over to the law
• 函洞hán dòngvariant of 涵洞

Words containing 函

• 来函lái hánincoming letter; letter from afar; same as 来信
• 信函xìn hánletter; piece of correspondence (incl. email)
• 邀请函yāo qǐng háninvitation letter
• 致函zhì hánto send a letter
• 公函gōng hánofficial letter
• 便函biàn hánan informal letter sent by an organization
• 回函huí hána reply (in writing)
• 地函dì hán(geology) (the earth's) mantle (Tw)
• 密函mì hánsecret letter
• 书函shū hánletter; correspondence; slipcase
• 泛函fàn hána functional (math.)
• 热函rè hánenthalpy; heat content (thermodynamics)
• 黑函hēi hánpoison pen letter (Tw)
• 原函数yuán hán shùantiderivative
• 反函数fǎn hán shùinverse function (math.)
• 圆函数yuán hán shùcircular function; trigonometric function
• 奇函数jī hán shùodd function (math.)
• 导函数dǎo hán shùderived function; derivative f' of a function f
• 母函数mǔ hán shùgenerating function (math.)
• 波函数bō hán shùwave function (in quantum mechanics)
• 隐函数yǐn hán shùimplicit function
• 代数函数dài shù hán shù(math) algebraic function
• 周期函数zhōu qī hán shùperiodic function
• 回调函数huí diào hán shùcallback function (computing)

Characters that look like 函

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 面miànface; side; surface
• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 亟jí(literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly

Sounds the same

Read hán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寒cold; poor; to tremble
• 含to keep in the mouth; to contain
• 涵to contain; to include; culvert
• 韩Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄…
• 邯used in 邯郸
• 焓enthalpy
• 晗before daybreak; dawn about to break; (used in given names)
• 邗name of an ancient river
• 琀gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
• 甝white tiger
• 鋡to hold; to contain
• 唅(literary) to put in the mouth