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瀚

hàn

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 瀚 means

1. ocean
2. vastness

Example sentences

• 宇宙浩瀚无边。
  Yǔzhòu hàohàn wúbiān.
  The universe is limitless.

Words containing 瀚

• 浩瀚hào hànvast (of ocean); boundless

Characters that look like 瀚

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

• 蹦bèngto jump; to bounce; to hop
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel
• 癞làiscabies; skin disease
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)

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
• 悍heroic; intrepid; valiant
• 焊to weld; to braze; to solder
• 菡lotus blossom
• 颔chin; to nod (one's assent)
• 螒Aulacophora femoralis

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.