罕

罕 · hǎn

rare, scarce; surname

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

rare, scarce; surname

Mandarin
hǎn
Cantonese
hon2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 罕 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

カン

Kun’yomi · hiragana

まれ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

カン まれ

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

한

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
한
KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

한:0N

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7F55
Radical
网 · 122
Strokes
7 · Unihan
Residual
3

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

7 strokes
罕
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱{80}干(G)
⿱㓁干(HTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 罕

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Component roles · attributed

  • 干 sound component · CJKVI analysis
    Source analysis · 干聲

    Line 8226 · ⿱网干 · 干聲 · source reference 2790030
    # 【字通】象形

Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xanX · 呼旱 反切 · #1559
Middle Chinese
xanH · 呼旰 反切 · #2640

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 10522 · xanX = 山開一上寒曉 · xanH = 山開一去寒曉

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
hǎn
kCantonese
hon2
kDefinition
rare, scarce; surname
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
122.3
kTGH
2013:895

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
hǎn,hàn 42913.090
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 罕 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
22dictionary records using 罕0forms using this shape1attributed sound links

A complete parsed description is unavailable for this endpoint. It is not assumed to be an indivisible unit.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 22 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱{80}干$(G) · preserved, not fully parsed

^⿱㓁干$(HTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.