寒 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
- On
- カンかん · kan
- Kun
- さむ(い)samu(i)
- Meaning
- cold
Stroke order
Origin
Inside a house, a person piles straw around to fight the cold; the ice (冫) below shows it is cold.
Readings and examples
| Onカンかんkan | 寒暑かんしょ寒村かんそん厳寒げんかん |
|---|---|
| Kunさむいsamui | 寒いさむい寒がるさむがる寒空さむぞら |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 寒気かんき
cold air, chill
- 寒中かんちゅう
midwinter
- 祁寒きかん
- 冱寒ごかん
- 沍寒ごかん
Example
きょうは とても 寒い。
It is very cold today.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)