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捍

hàn

HSK 6 Character

What 捍 means

1. to ward off (a blow)
2. to withstand
3. to defend

Other readings

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

• hànvariant of {捍|hàn}

Example sentences

• 我会捍卫我的原则。
  I'll stick to my principles.

Words starting with 捍

• 捍卫hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
• 捍卫者hàn wèi zhědefender (usu. of sth abstract such as people's rights or a government policy)

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
• 悍hànheroic; intrepid; valiant

Characters that look like 捍

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

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 移yíto move; to shift; to change
• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 祥xiángauspicious; propitious
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

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
• 撼to shake; to vibrate
• 翰writing brush; writing; pen
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 瀚ocean; vastness
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis