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■ radical

hàn

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How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. The simplified character 汉 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 漢.

氵
meaning

water — 氵 is a component form of 水.

又
simplified

(hand); again — Shorthand for the 堇 component in the traditional character 漢. The pronunciation of 漢 was similar to 堇 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Through the ages

漢
Traditional script
Cursive script

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