寒
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Translingual
Han character
寒 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金卜 (JTCY), four-corner 30303, composition ⿱𡨄⺀(GTJV) or ⿱𡨄冫(K))
References
- KangXi: page 289, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7239
- Dae Jaweon: page 572, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 941, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5BD2
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
寒 | |
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alternative forms | 𡫾 𡫜 𡫮 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 寒 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 宀 (“house”) + 人 (“person”) + 茻 (“grass”) – a person in a house, sleeping in the grass to protect from the cold. In some bronze inscriptions, 二 is added at the bottom of the character; this may simply be decorative or may represent a mat. In the seal script, 二 is changed to 仌 (“ice”) to emphasize its meaning of coldness.
Contrast 宿.
Etymology
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
寒
- cold; wintry; chilly
- poor; poverty-stricken
- humble; petty and low
- desolate; deserted
- dreary; miserable
- withered; limp
- (humble) my
- 寒舍 ― hánshè ― (one's own) humble home
- to feel cold
- to fear; to dread
- winter
- cold weather; cold day or night
- (traditional Chinese medicine) cold; chill
- (~日) (telegraphy) the fourteenth day of a month
Synonyms
- (cold): 冷 (lěng)
Compounds
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Further reading
- “Entry #8312”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Shinjitai | 寒 | |
Kyūjitai [1] |
寒󠄁 寒+ 󠄁 ?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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寒󠄃 寒+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Readings
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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寒 |
かん Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 寒 (MC ɦɑn).
The basic cold sense as an affix is attested from some of the earliest texts in the 700s CE.[2] Use as an independent noun is first attested in a text from roughly 900 CE.[2]
Pronunciation
Affix
寒 • (kan)
Derived terms
Noun
寒 • (kan)
References
- 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 685 (paper), page 392 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 寒 (MC ɦɑn). Recorded as Middle Korean 한 (han) (Yale: han) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Compounds
- 오한 (惡寒, ohan)
- 한랭 (寒冷, hallaeng)
- 혹한 (酷寒, hokhan)
- 한심 (寒心, hansim, “miserableness”)
Vietnamese
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).