Chinese symbol for “perspiration”
汗
hàn
perspiration; sweat; measure word: 滴 (dī), 头 (tóu), 身 (shēn); to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for perspiration is 汗 (hàn), defined as: perspiration; sweat; measure word: 滴 (dī), 头 (tóu), 身 (shēn); to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “perspiration”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 汗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汗水 | hàn shuǐ | sweat; perspiration |
| 血汗 | xuè hàn | (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work |
| 出汗 | chū hàn | to perspire; to sweat |
| 冷汗 | lěng hàn | cold sweat |
| 血汗钱 (血汗錢) | xuè hàn qián | hard-earned money |
| 流汗 | liú hàn | to sweat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “perspiration”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.