Chinese Character Wiki
厂

hǎn, chǎng

cliff, (roof)

Pictograph of a cliff or similarly shaped object. Sometimes used interchangeably with 广 to depict a roof. In simplified Chinese 厂 is also used to mean "factory", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廠.

Evolution

厂 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
厂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厂  

hǎn

"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc

厂 (廠) 

chǎng

factory, plant, workshop, mill; factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant

Most common words with 厂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厂

yard

工厂

factory

厂商

manufacturer

厂家

factory

厂房

factory (building)

Component uses

Meaning component in 15 characters (7 verified)

岸 厉 厲 厭 厌 厕 仄 厦 厢 厮 厩 厝 厪 厗 厓

Sound component in 3 characters (3 verified)

岸 彥 彦

Iconic component in 6 characters (6 verified)

原 反 麻 厚 厃 矦

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

历 厘

Unknown component in 8 characters (1 verified)

厤 雁 鴈 厥 厣 嫠 氂 厍

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋ̊ˤarʔ

xanX

hàn

cliff

*ŋ̊ˤar(ʔ)-s

xanH

hàn

cliff


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 14.8326% of movies

1482nd most common character in movies

963rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Traditional

廠

Unicode

U+5382

Shuowen

“厂，山石之厓巖，人可居。象形。厈，籀文从干。”


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