Chinese symbol for “simpleton”
憨子
hān zi
(dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool
The closest CC-CEDICT match for simpleton is 憨子 (hān zi), defined as: (dialect) simpleton; idiot; fool.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 憨子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憨厚 | hān hou | simple and honest; straightforward |
| 憨直 | hān zhí | honest and straightforward |
| 憨态可掬 (憨態可掬) | hān tài kě jū | (of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute |
| 喜憨儿 (喜憨兒) | xǐ hān ér | (Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term) |
| 憨态 (憨態) | hān tài | naive and innocent look |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “simpleton”.
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.