汗 (hon6 hon4 | han4 han2) : sweat

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汗

hon6 hon4

han4 han2

[粵] hon6 | [國] han4
sweat; perspiration

[粵] hon4 | [國] han2
used only in the term 可汗

Stroke count: 6

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

汗

Don't confuse with:
汘

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jul 2013 05:14

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出汗 ceot1 hon6 = to sweat

流汗 lau4 hon6 = to perspire; to sweat

汗水 hon6 seoi2 = sweat

汗珠 hon6 zyu1 han4 zhu1 = beads of sweat

阿富汗 aa3 fu3 hon6 a1 fu4 han4 = Afghanistan

血汗 hyut3 hon6 xue4 han4 (PRC), xie3 han4 (Taiwan) = blood and sweat; sweat and toil; hard work

冷汗 laang5 hon6 = cold sweat

大汗 daai6 hon6; daai6 hon4 da4 han4; da4 han2 = 汗6: hydrorrhea (lit. "big sweat"); 汗4: Great Khan

汗斑 hon6 baan1 = sweat stain

血汗錢 hyut3 hon6 cin4*2 xue4 han4 qian2 (PRC), xie3 han4 qian2 (Taiwan) = hard-earned money, money earned with blood and sweat
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 33 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 汗
Unicode code for this character: U+6c57 (off-site link)

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