翰

Han character

翰 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 十十人尸一 (JJOSM), four-corner 4842₇, composition ⿰龺⿱𠆢羽)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns) : phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 羽 (“feather”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

翰

1. ^† golden pheasant
2. ^† to fly high
3. ^† long and hard feather
4. (literary, or in compounds) writing brush

   • 停駕言其將邁兮，遂援翰而寫心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     停驾言其将迈兮，遂援翰而写心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 272, Xiang Xiu (向秀),《思舊賦》(Recalling Old Time), translated by Burton Watson

     Tíngjià yán qí jiāng mài xī, suì yuán hàn ér xiě xīn. [Pinyin]

     I halted my carriage before going farther,
     To take a brush and write what is in my heart.

5. (literary, or in compounds) writing; literary work
6. (literary or polite) letter of correspondence
7. (literary) literary talent
8. ^† white horse

Compounds

References

• “翰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Hanja

翰 • (han) (hangeul 한, revised han, McCune–Reischauer han, Yale han)

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Han character

翰: Hán Nôm readings: hàn

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