hàn perspiration; sweat

Made up of [ shuǐ water radical 85, gàn do; shield; to concern radical 51]
Made with 6 strokes.
The water radical suggest s liquid, gan 'shield' gives rough phonetic

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Also uses shuǐ component: (wave) (law) gǎng (harbor) hǎi (sea) hàn (chinese) (river) hóng (flood) (lake) huó (to live) (to cross a river) jiāng (river) jīn (ferry crossing) jiǔ (wine) mǎn (to fill) méi (have not) pào (bubble) (steam) qiǎn (shallow) qīng (clear) shè (to wade) (to wash) yǎn (to develop) (fishing) (pool) zhì (to rule) zhōu (region)
Also uses gàn component: àn (bank) gǎn (to overtake) gān (liver) gān (pole) kān (to print) nián (year)

Sounds same

hàn (chinese)

Different tone

hán (cold)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

挥汗成雨,比肩继踵 huī hàn chéng yǔ bǐ jiān jì zhǒng Stuck in a very large crowd of people with no space to move.