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)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |