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憨

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silly; simple-minded; foolish; naive; sturdy; tough; heavy (of rope)

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Strokes
15
Radical
心 +12
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
憨
Common rank
#3,433
Unicode
U+61A8

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 憨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

心 meaning “heart” + 敢 sound ( gǎn )

Components 敢 心

Words with 憨

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

WordPinyinMeaning
憨豆先生 Hān dòu Xiān sheng Mr. Bean (TV)
喜憨儿 xǐ hān ér (Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
憨子 hān zi (dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool
憨实 hān shí simple and honest
憨直 hān zhí honest and straightforward
憨态可掬 hān tài kě jū (of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute
憨态 hān tài naive and innocent look
憨厚 hān hou simple and honest; straightforward

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 敢 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
敢 sound part gǎn bold, brave; to dare, to venture
橄 gǎn olive
瞰 kàn to watch, to spy on; to overlook, to look down on
阚 kàn to glance, to peep; to growl, to roar
撖 hàn surname Han; Taiwan pr. [Gan3]
澉 gǎn to wash; a place name