漢 (kan) Kanji Meaning: "China" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: Water beside a castle: the Han river, which gave China its name.

漢 means China

Sino-

Water beside a castle: the Han river, which gave China its name.

On'yomi

  • カンkan

Kun'yomi

  • None

Stroke order

Common words

  • 漢字かんじkanji; Chinese character
  • 漢文かんぶんChinese classical writing; Chinese classics
  • 漢語かんごJapanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word
  • 漢方かんぽうkampō; traditional (herbal) medicine based on ancient Chinese medicine

Through history

  1. Bronze script form of 漢Bronze
  2. Seal script form of 漢Seal
  3. Today

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