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翰

hàn

Character

What 翰 means

1. writing brush
2. writing
3. pen

Other readings

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

• Hànsurname Han

Example sentences

• 我是约翰。
  I am John.
• 约翰很聪明。
  John is clever.
• 来这里，约翰。
  Come here, John.
• 约翰疲于加班。
  John was tired from working overtime.
• 约翰穿越人群。
  John passed among the crowd.
• 约翰住在纽约。
  John lives in New York.

Words starting with 翰

• 翰林Hàn línrefers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the…
• 翰林院Hàn lín yuànImperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911
• 翰林学士Hàn lín xué shìmembers of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the…

Words containing 翰

• 约翰逊Yuē hàn xùnJohnson or Johnston (name)
• 伯明翰Bó míng hànBirmingham
• 挥翰huī hàn(literary) to wield a writing brush
• 若翰Ruò hànJohn (less common form of 若望
• 词翰cí hànbook; written composition; (literary) penned words
• 棒约翰Bàng Yuē hànPapa John's (pizza chain)
• 圣约翰Shèng yuē hànSaint John
• 施洗约翰Shī xǐ Yuē hànJohn the Baptist
• 洗者若翰Xǐ zhě Ruò hànSt John the Baptist
• 约翰保罗Yuē hàn Bǎo luóJohn Paul (name); Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005
• 约翰斯顿Yuē hàn sī dùnJohnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name
• 约翰福音Yuē hàn Fú yīnGospel according to St John
• 圣约翰斯Shèng yuē hàn sīSt John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
• 施洗者约翰Shī xǐ zhě Yuē hànJohn the Baptist
• 约翰内斯堡Yuē hàn nèi sī bǎoJohannesburg, South Africa
• 杨百翰yáng bǎi hànBrigham Young
• 约翰一书Yuē hàn yī shūFirst epistle of St John
• 约翰三书Yuē hàn sān shūThird epistle of St John
• 约翰二书Yuē hàn èr shūSecond epistle of St John
• 约翰壹书Yuē hàn yī shūFirst epistle of St John; also written 约翰一书
• 约翰贰书Yuē hàn èr shūSecond epistle of St John; also written 约翰二书
• 杨百翰大学Yáng bǎi hàn Dà xuéBrigham Young University
• 约翰·拉贝Yuē hàn · Lā bèiJohn Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre…
• 约翰·本仁Yuē hàn · Běn rénJohn Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路历程

Characters built on 龺

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

• 韩HánHan, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄…
• 倝gàndawn (archaic)

Characters that look like 翰

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 鲸jīngwhale
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 鲶niánsheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鲇
• 鲭qīngmackerel
• 赭zhěocher

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
• 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