涵 — 11 strokes / Radical「氵」
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- On
- カンかん · kan
- Kun
- ひた.すhita.su
- Meaning
- to steep; to nurture
Stroke order
Origin
Water 氵 with 函 as phonetic: to steep in water; also to nurture slowly.
Compounds
- 涵養かんよう
cultivating; fostering
- 涵すひたす
to steep
Example
森は水源を涵養している。
The forest nurtures the water source.
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)