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憨

hān

Character

What 憨 means

1. silly
2. simple-minded
3. foolish
4. naive
5. sturdy
6. tough
7. heavy (of rope)

Words starting with 憨

• 憨厚hān housimple and honest; straightforward
• 憨子hān zi(dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool
• 憨实hān shísimple and honest
• 憨态hān tàinaive and innocent look
• 憨直hān zhíhonest and straightforward
• 憨豆先生Hān dòu Xiān shengMr. Bean (TV)
• 憨态可掬hān tài kě jū(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute

Words containing 憨

• 喜憨儿xǐ hān ér(Taiwan) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)

Characters built on 敢

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

• 瞰kànto look down from a height; to spy on sth
• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 阚kànto glance; to peep

Characters that look like 憨

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

• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 憋biēto choke; to stifle; to restrain
• 憩qìto rest
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read hān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鼾snore; to snore
• 酣intoxicated
• 蚶small clam (Arca inflata)
• 歛to desire; to give
• 顸dawdling
• 谽a mouth or opening