漢
漢 — Sino-
Sino-, China
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 漢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漢字 | かんじ kanji | kanji; Chinese character |
| 漢方薬 | かんぽうやく kanpouyaku | Chinese herbal medicine |
| 漢語 | かんご kango | Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people |
| 漢文 | かんぶん kanbun | Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji |
| 漢和 | かんわ kanwa | China and Japan; Chinese and Japanese (languages); dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds |
| 常用漢字 | じょうようかんじ jouyoukanji | jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010) |
Study notes
漢 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1487 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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