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邯

hán

Character

What 邯 means

1. used in {邯郸|Hán dān} (the name of a place in Hebei)

Words starting with 邯

• 邯郸市Hán dān ShìHandan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 邯山区Hán shān QūHanshan, a district of Handan City 邯郸市
• 邯郸学步Hán dān xué bùto copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom); slavishly copying others, one risks becoming…
• 邯郸Hán dānsee 邯郸市
• 邯山Hán shānsee 邯山区

Characters built on 甘

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

• 柑gānlarge tangerine
• 苷gānlicorice; glycoside
• 坩gāncrucible
• 酣hānintoxicated
• 泔gānslop from rinsing rice
• 绀gànviolet or purple
• 疳gān(TCM) chronic pediatric malnutrition disorder
• 蚶hānsmall clam (Arca inflata)

Characters that look like 邯

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

• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read hán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寒cold; poor; to tremble
• 含to keep in the mouth; to contain
• 涵to contain; to include; culvert
• 韩Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄…
• 函envelope; case; letter
• 焓enthalpy
• 晗before daybreak; dawn about to break; (used in given names)
• 邗name of an ancient river
• 琀gems or pearls formerly put into the mouth of a corpse
• 甝white tiger
• 鋡to hold; to contain
• 唅(literary) to put in the mouth