The kanji 寒: meaning, readings and stroke order
寒
- Meaning
- cold
- On reading
- カン kan
- Kun reading
- さむ(い) samui
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lạnh (hàn)
- Japanese
- さむい。
- Korean
- 춥다 (한)
- Chinese
- 冷、寒冷
Readings, words and example sentences
カン kan · on reading · less common
寒中
the coldest time of winter
寒中に 水泳を する 人が います。
Some people go swimming in the coldest part of winter.
さむ(い) samui · kun reading
寒い
cold (weather)
冬の 朝は とても 寒いです。
Winter mornings are very cold.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.