寒(hán): cold
HSK 412 strokes
cold
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- hán
- Meaning
- cold; poor; to tremble
- Strokes
- 12
- HSK level
- HSK 4
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 寒 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 寒 step by step
12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 寒
Common words using 寒 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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