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悍

hàn

Character

What 悍 means

1. heroic
2. intrepid
3. valiant
4. dauntless
5. fierce
6. ferocious
7. violent

Other readings

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

• hànvariant of {悍|hàn}

Example sentences

• 他们公司的公关团队非常强悍。
  Tāmen gōngsī de gōngguān tuánduì fēicháng qiánghàn.
  Their company's public relations team is very strong.
• 普丁正在从黎巴嫩难民营中招募巴勒斯坦难民前往乌克兰为他作战；显然他自己的士兵不够强悍。
  Putin is plucking Palestinian refugees from Lebanese camps to go fight for him in Ukraine; apparently his own soldiers aren't tough enough.

Words starting with 悍

• 悍勇hàn yǒngintrepid; valiant; dauntless
• 悍匪hàn fěibrutal bandit; ferocious criminal
• 悍妇hàn fùviolent woman; shrew
• 悍然hàn ránoutrageous; brazen; flagrant
• 悍马Hàn mǎHummer (vehicle brand)
• 悍然不顾hàn rán bù gùoutrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of…

Words containing 悍

• 强悍qiáng hàntough; strong; formidable
• 凶悍xiōng hànviolent; fierce and tough; shrewish (woman)
• 勇悍yǒng hànbrave
• 精悍jīng hàn(of a person) lean, tough and capable; (of expression, style etc) concise and effective
• 蛮悍mán hànrude and violent; fierce and reckless
• 驯悍记xùn hàn jìTaming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
• 短小精悍duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn(of a person) short but plucky (idiom); (of an article) concise and forceful
• 矮小精悍ǎi xiǎo jīng hànshort but intrepid (idiom)
• 彪悍biāo hàntough as nails; formidable; kick-ass
• 刁悍diāo hàncunning and fierce
• 剽悍piāo hànswift and fierce

Characters built on 旱

These share the phonetic component 旱 (hàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 焊hànto weld; to braze; to solder
• 捍hànto ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend

Characters that look like 悍

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

• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 焊hànto weld; to braze; to solder
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 悖bèito go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 烨yèblaze of fire; glorious
• 烊yángmolten; smelt

Sounds the same

Read hàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汉man
• 汗perspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 憾regret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 旱drought
• 捍to ward off (a blow); to withstand; to defend
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis