含 (ham4 | han2) : hold in mouth; contain; endure

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含

ham4

han2

[1] hold/keep in mouth; suck
[2] contain; embody; include
[3] endure; bear; cherish; harbour

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

含

This word has been viewed 9007 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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包含 baau1 ham4 bao1 han2 = to contain

含有 ham4 jau5 han2 you3 = to contain

不含糊 bat1 ham4 wu4 bu4 han2 hu1 = unambiguous; unequivocal; explicit; not ordinary; really good 國

含冤 ham4 jyun1 han2 yuan1 = to suffer an injustice

含冤受屈 ham4 jyun1 sau6 wat1 han2 yuan1 shou4 qu1 = to suffer an injustice

含冤莫白 ham4 jyun1 mok6 baak6 han2 yuan1 mo4 bai2 = to suffer an injustice

含沙射影 ham4 saa1 se6 jing2 han2 sha1 she4 ying3 = to attack someone by innuendo/insinuations; to spread unfounded rumors

含笑 ham4 siu3 = to smile

含義 ham4 ji6 han2 yi4 = meaning; implication

特定含義 dak6 ding6 ham4 ji6 te4 ding4 han2 yi4 = specific meaning
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 含
Unicode code for this character: U+542b (off-site link)

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