hànhán

sweat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

干 sound component

  Sound component

gāngàn

  

interfere

Evolution

汗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汗 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
汗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
汗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
汗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hàn

perspiration, sweat; perspiration; sweat; CL:[dī],|[tóu],[shēn]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)

 

hán

see 可汗[kè​hán], 汗國|汗国[hán​guó]

Most common words with 汗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

sweat

阿富汗

Afghanistan

汗水

sweat

冷汗

cold sweat

流汗

to sweat