翰
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writing brush; writing; pen
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 羽 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 翰
- Common rank
- #1,882
- Unicode
- U+7FF0
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
writing brush · Heisig RSH #1776
mist + umbrella + wings
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 翰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 约翰·霍金斯大学 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore | |
| 翰林学士 | members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang… | |
| 约翰一书 | First epistle of St John | |
| 约翰三书 | Third epistle of St John | |
| 约翰二书 | Second epistle of St John | |
| 约翰·霍金斯 | John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain; Johns Hopkins (17… | |
| 约翰保罗 | John Paul (name); Pope John Paul II, Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920-2005), Pope 1978-2005 | |
| 圣约翰斯 | St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada | |
| 约翰·拉贝 | John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre perio… | |
| 约翰福音 | Gospel according to St John | |
| 约翰·本仁 | John Bunyan (1628-1688), English puritan writer, author of Pilgrim's Progress 天路歷程|天路历程 | |
| 杨百翰大学 | Brigham Young University | |
| 约翰内斯堡 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 施洗者约翰 | John the Baptist | |
| 约翰斯顿 | Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name | |
| 约翰·厄普代克 | John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| 翰林院 | Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911 | |
| 伯明翰 | Birmingham | |
| 圣约翰 | Saint John | |
| 洗者若翰 | St John the Baptist |