JLPT N4 · 13 strokes
Kanji 漢: "Sino-, China"
The kanji 漢 means "Sino-, China". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read カン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | Sino-, China |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 1487 of 2,501 |
Common words with 漢
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 漢字kanji; Chinese character
- 痴漢molester; groper; masher; pervert · fool; idiot
- 巨漢giant
- 漢man among men; man's man
- 漢China · Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE)
- 暴漢hoodlum; ruffian
- 悪漢rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian
- 門外漢outsider; layman; amateur
- 漢文Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics · writing composed entirely of kanji
- 無頼漢ruffian; villain; scoundrel
- 頓珍漢absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
- 漢方traditional Chinese medicine
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