憨
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silly; simple-minded; foolish; naive; sturdy; tough; heavy (of rope)
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Dict coverage rank #3,433 U+61A8
How 憨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 敢 (phonetic, gǎn)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敢
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敢 (gǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敢 sound component | gǎn | bold, brave; to dare, to venture |
| 橄 | gǎn | olive |
| 瞰 | kàn | to watch, to spy on; to overlook, to look down on |
| 阚 | kàn | to glance, to peep; to growl, to roar |
| 撖 | hàn | surname Han; Taiwan pr. [Gan3] |
| 澉 | gǎn | to wash; a place name |
Words containing 憨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憨豆先生 | Hān dòu Xiān sheng | Mr. Bean (TV) |
| 喜憨儿 | xǐ hān ér | (Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term) |
| 憨子 | hān zi | (dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool |
| 憨实 | hān shí | simple and honest |
| 憨直 | hān zhí | honest and straightforward |
| 憨态可掬 | hān tài kě jū | (of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute |
| 憨态 | hān tài | naive and innocent look |
| 憨厚 | hān hou | simple and honest; straightforward |