Read Edit View history 寒 hán HSK4 cold Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person (人) under a roof (宀) surrounding himself with grass bedding (茻) to try to stay warm in the cold weather. The 冫 (ice) component was added later. Pinyin Separate values with commas hán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寒 Simp strokes 寒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts grass bedding. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寒 Simp strokes 寒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person trying to stay warm. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寒 Simp strokes 寒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 寒 Simp strokes 寒 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 寒 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 467, 843 ], [ 532, 808 ], [ 561, 773 ] ], [ [ 256, 711 ], [ 266, 682 ], [ 262, 661 ], [ 216, 589 ], [ 207, 538 ] ], [ [ 292, 657 ], [ 304, 664 ], [ 543, 709 ], [ 687, 726 ], [ 700, 732 ], [ 758, 731 ], [ 781, 717 ], [ 795, 697 ], [ 739, 628 ], [ 727, 624 ] ], [ [ 322, 531 ], [ 330, 526 ], [ 394, 524 ], [ 498, 539 ], [ 650, 572 ], [ 691, 570 ] ], [ [ 332, 419 ], [ 375, 416 ], [ 632, 455 ], [ 660, 455 ], [ 679, 448 ] ], [ [ 391, 624 ], [ 426, 584 ], [ 433, 366 ], [ 420, 347 ] ], [ [ 564, 665 ], [ 600, 628 ], [ 580, 387 ], [ 564, 366 ] ], [ [ 232, 312 ], [ 284, 304 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