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寒

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cold; poor; to tremble

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
12
Radical
宀 +9
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
寒
Common rank
#856
Unicode
U+5BD2

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Formation & memory

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How 寒 is formed

Components 宀 ? unknown part

How to remember it

frigid · Heisig RSH #1203

hamster cage + ice

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 寒

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
高处不胜寒 gāo chù bù shèng hán it's lonely at the top (idiom)
寒武纪生命大爆发 Hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
下寒武 xià hán wǔ lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago)
下寒武统 xià hán wǔ tǒng lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago)
北寒带 běi hán dài the north frigid zone
大寒 Dà hán Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
寒心 hán xīn disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified
心寒 xīn hán bitterly disappointed; frightened
寒天 hán tiān chilly weather; (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
数九寒天 shǔ jiǔ hán tiān nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
小寒 Xiǎo hán Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
寒气 hán qì cold air; a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air)
高寒 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area)
寒风 hán fēng cold wind
风寒 fēng hán wind chill; cold weather; common cold (medicine)
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
寒门 hán mén poor and humble family; my family (humble)
一暴十寒 yī pù shí hán variant of 一曝十寒[yi1 pu4 shi2 han2]
寒武纪大爆发 Hán wǔ jì dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
伤寒沙门氏菌 shāng hán shā mén shì jūn salmonella typhimurium