寒 hán freezing
freezing; cold
怎么记住“寒”: 𡨄 block up + ⺀ two dots = freezing. The students block up the hole in the window with newspaper, but by morning two dots of frost glitter on the inside of their freezing flat.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
寒 = 𡨄 block up + ⺀ two dots
- 𡨄 block up meaning
- ⺀ two dots meaning
The students block up the hole in the window with newspaper, but by morning two dots of frost glitter on the inside of their freezing flat.
How it came to be
The bronze form shows a person in a house, lying in grass to keep out the cold.
用法
- Literary 'cold, chilly': colder and more written than everyday 冷 (lěng). 寒冷 (hánlěng) = cold (of weather/climate), 严寒 (yánhán) = bitter cold.
- 寒假 (hánjià) = winter vacation, paired with 暑假 (shǔjià) summer vacation.
- 寒暄 (hánxuān) = to exchange small-talk pleasantries; 寒 also hints at 'poor/humble' in classical usage.