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豻

àn

Character

What 豻 means

1. jail

Other readings

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

• hàn(canine)

Characters built on 干

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

• 南nánsouth
• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 刊kānto print; to publish; publication
• 罕hǎnrare
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 旱hàndrought

Sounds the same

Read àn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 按to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 案(legal) case; incident; record
• 暗dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 岸bank; shore; beach; coast
• 黯(bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy
• 胺(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 犴used in 狴犴