hàn

writing brush

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
羽 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

feather

倝 sound component

  Sound component

gàn

  

sunrise

Evolution

翰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hàn

writing brush, pen, pencil; writing brush; writing; pen

 

Hàn

surname Han

Most common words with 翰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

约翰

John (name)

约翰逊

Johnson or Johnston (name)

pen

伯明翰

Birmingham

约翰内斯堡

Johannesburg, South Africa

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)