暖
warm; to warm
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,192 U+6696
How 暖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
日 (semantic, “sun”) + 爰 (phonetic, yuán)
How to remember it
warm · Heisig RSH #2396
sun + migrating ducks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 爰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 爰 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爰 sound component | yuán | to lead on to; then, therefore, as a consequence |
| 缓 | huǎn | slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay |
| 媛 | yuàn | beauty; beautiful woman |
| 锾 | huán | to measure; money, coins |
| 瑗 | yuàn | a large jade ring |
| 谖 | xuān | to forget; to cheat, to lie |
Words containing 暖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大气暖化 | dà qì nuǎn huà | atmospheric warming |
| 风和日暖 | fēng hé rì nuǎn | gentle wind and warm sunshine (idiom) |
| 如人饮水，冷暖自知 | rú rén yǐn shuǐ , lěng nuǎn zì zhī | the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-a… |
| 全球暖化 | quán qiú nuǎn huà | global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage); written 全球變暖|全球变暖 in PRC |
| 暖气机 | nuǎn qì jī | radiator; heater |
| 水暖工 | shuǐ nuǎn gōng | plumber; heating engineer |
| 春暖花开 | chūn nuǎn huā kāi | (lit.) springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom); (fig.) a time… |
| 全球变暖 | quán qiú biàn nuǎn | global warming (PRC usage); written 全球暖化 in Taiwan |
| 全球气候变暖 | quán qiú qì hòu biàn nuǎn | global warming |
| 世界变暖 | shì jiè biàn nuǎn | global warming |
| 保暖内衣 | bǎo nuǎn nèi yī | thermal underwear |
| 冷暖自知 | lěng nuǎn zì zhī | see 如人飲水，冷暖自知|如人饮水，冷暖自知[ru2 ren2 yin3 shui3 , leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1] |
| 春江水暖鸭先知 | chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī | lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom); fig. an expert in … |
| 暖气片 | nuǎn qì piàn | radiator (for heating) |
| 暖手宝 | nuǎn shǒu bǎo | hand warmer |
| 气候暖化 | qì hòu nuǎn huà | climate warming |
| 三温暖 | sān wēn nuǎn | sauna (loanword) (Tw) |
| 暖心 | nuǎn xīn | (coll.) heartwarming; touching; comforting and emotionally uplifting |
| 地暖 | dì nuǎn | underfloor heating; radiant floor heating |
| 暖化 | nuǎn huà | warming |