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含

to keep in the mouth; to contain

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,332 U+542B

How 含 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 今 (phonetic, jīn)

components: 今 口

How to remember it

harbor · Heisig RSH #1245

clock + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 今

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 今 (jīn) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
今 sound component jīn modern, current; today, now
贪 tān greedy, covetous; corrupt
吟 yín to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry
黔 qián black; the Guizhou province
岑 cén steep, precipitous; peak
矜 jīn to pity, to sympathize, to feel sorry for
衾 qīn quilt, coverlet
妗 jìn mother's brother's wife
侌 yīn old variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
芩 qín salt-marsh plant
衿 jīn collar, lapel
钤 qián lock, latch; to stamp, to seal

Words containing 含

WordPinyinMeaning
含山县 Hán shān Xiàn Hanshan, a county in Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 Shi4], Anhui
含金量 hán jīn liàng gold content; (fig.) value; quality; prestige
含水层 hán shuǐ céng aquifer
含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng (idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content; quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
血氧含量 xuè yǎng hán liàng blood oxygen level
舌下含服 shé xià hán fù sublingual administration (medicine)
含山 Hán shān see 含山縣|含山县[Han2 shan1 Xian4]
含水 hán shuǐ watery
含有 hán yǒu to contain; including
含气 hán qì containing air
含血喷人 hán xuè pēn rén to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
闪含语系 Shǎn Hán yǔ xì Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)
含糊不清 hán hú bù qīng unclear; indistinct; ambiguous
含义 hán yì meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning; hidden meaning; hint; connotation
含油岩 hán yóu yán oil bearing rock
含意 hán yì meaning
含情脉脉 hán qíng mò mò full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
含量 hán liàng content; quantity contained
内含 nèi hán to contain; to include