涵

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to contain; to include; culvert

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 函 sound ( hán )

Components 氵函

culvert · Heisig RSH #2721

水 water + 函 letter

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
内涵意义	nèi hán yì yì	(semantics) connotative meaning; connotation
涵江区	Hán jiāng Qū	Hanjiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian
海涵	hǎi hán	(polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or short…
涵义	hán yì	content; meaning; connotation; implication
涵江	Hán jiāng	see 涵江區\|涵江区[Han2 jiang1 Qu1]
意涵	yì hán	(Tw) meaning; significance; import; CL:層\|层[ceng2]
涵意	hán yì	content; meaning; connotation; implication; same as 涵義\|涵义
涵管	hán guǎn	culvert pipe
内涵	nèi hán	meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person)
包涵	bāo han	to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant
涵养	hán yǎng	to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable envi…
茹古涵今	rú gǔ hán jīn	to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
涵盖	hán gài	to cover; to comprise; to include
涵洞	hán dòng	culvert
汪道涵	Wāng Dào hán	Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiw…
涵淡	hán dàn	waves
涵摄	hán shè	to assimilate; to subsume
张韶涵	Zhāng Sháo hán	Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress
涵括	hán kuò	to encompass; to cover
涵蓄	hán xù	variant of 含蓄[han2 xu4]

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
函 sound part	hán	correspondence; a case, a box
菡	hàn	lotus blossom