汗 hàn perspiration; sweat
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 干 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 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 湖 hú (lake) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 浅 qiǎn (shallow) 清 qīng (clear) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 泽 zé (pool) 治 zhì (to rule) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 干 gàn component: 岸 àn (bank) 赶 gǎn (to overtake) 肝 gān (liver) 杆 gān (pole) 刊 kān (to print) 年 nián (year)
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汉 hàn (chinese)Different tone
寒 hán (cold)Pronunciation
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