漢 — sino-, China

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• かん kan

Words that use 漢

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 漢字 かんじ kanji JLPT N5
• 漢和 かんわ China and Japan JLPT N2
• 漢語 かんご Japanese word of Chinese origin JLPT N1