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汗 = 干 + 水

汗 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweat”. It is built from 干 (dry) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1780.

Keyword
sweat
RTK frame
1780
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あせ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
потеть
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
汗 perspiration

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 干 dry
  2. 水 water

How to find 汗 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dry” + “water”. 汗 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 汗 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.