漢 means “China, kanji”

かん · kan

Also: Sino-

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 3 · 13 strokes

The story

Named for the Han dynasty, itself named for a river: the people whose characters crossed the sea to Japan. Every card in your collection is literally a 漢字: a "Han character," two thousand years in transit.

Used in 漢字 (kanji, Chinese characters), 漢方 (kanpou, traditional Chinese medicine), and 漢和辞典 (kanwa jiten, kanji dictionary)

Words with 漢

• 漢字 (かんじ, kanji): kanji / Chinese characters

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.