寒 — kanji meaning “cold”
寒
cold
- Meanings
- cold
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- さむ.い
- Name readings
- さ、さん
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1456 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 40
- Chinese reading
- hán — Chinese character page
Words with 寒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寒い | さむい samui | cold (e.g. weather) |
| 寒冷 | かんれい kanrei | cold; coldness; chilliness |
| 肌寒い | はださむい hadasamui | chilly; unpleasantly cold |
| 極寒 | ごっかん gokkan | extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season |
| 寒波 | かんぱ kanpa | cold wave |
| 寒気 | さむけ samuke | chill; the shivers; shivering fit |
| 寒天 | かんてん kanten | freezing weather; cold weather |
| 防寒 | ぼうかん boukan | protection against the cold |
| 寒暖 | かんだん kandan | cold and heat; (degree of) temperature |
| 寒村 | かんそん kanson | poor village; desolate village; lonely village |
| 寒気 | かんき kanki | cold; coldness; cold air |
| 寒中 | かんちゅう kanchuu | mid-winter; cold season |
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