涵
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to contain; to include; culvert
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Dict coverage rank #2,375 U+6DB5
How 涵 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 函 (phonetic, hán)
How to remember it
culvert · Heisig RSH #2721
水 water + 函 letter
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 函
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 函 (hán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 函 sound component | hán | correspondence; a case, a box |
| 菡 | hàn | lotus blossom |
Words containing 涵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内涵意义 | nèi hán yì yì | (semantics) connotative meaning; connotation |
| 涵江区 | Hán jiāng Qū | Hanjiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 海涵 | hǎi hán | (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or short… |
| 涵义 | hán yì | content; meaning; connotation; implication |
| 涵江 | Hán jiāng | see 涵江區|涵江区[Han2 jiang1 Qu1] |
| 意涵 | yì hán | (Tw) meaning; significance; import; CL:層|层[ceng2] |
| 涵意 | hán yì | content; meaning; connotation; implication; same as 涵義|涵义 |
| 涵管 | hán guǎn | culvert pipe |
| 内涵 | nèi hán | meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person) |
| 包涵 | bāo han | to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant |
| 涵养 | hán yǎng | to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable envi… |
| 茹古涵今 | rú gǔ hán jīn | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) |
| 涵盖 | hán gài | to cover; to comprise; to include |
| 涵洞 | hán dòng | culvert |
| 汪道涵 | Wāng Dào hán | Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiw… |
| 涵淡 | hán dàn | waves |
| 涵摄 | hán shè | to assimilate; to subsume |
| 张韶涵 | Zhāng Sháo hán | Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress |
| 涵括 | hán kuò | to encompass; to cover |
| 涵蓄 | hán xù | variant of 含蓄[han2 xu4] |