Memory phrase for the character: 寒

寒

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Meaning

cold, poor, to tremble

Pronunciation

 hán

Explanation

 From top: a roof 宀, a well 井, variant of six 六, variant of ice 冫

Mnemonic
 
Under the roof, the well has six pieces of ice: It's cold!

Radicals

宀 roof
井 well
六 six
冫 iceThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
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 Vocabulary

寒冷 hán lěng  cold (climate); frigid; very cold
饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò  lit. both hunger and cold press (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán  as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒 shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus fever
鼠型斑疹伤寒 shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus
寒暄 hán xuān  exchanging conventional greetings; to talk about the weather
寒暄 hán xuān  

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