寒
Meanings
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- 1.cold
- 2.poor
- 3.to tremble
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Wiktionary
- 1.cold; wintry; chilly
- 2.poor; poverty-stricken
- 3.humble; petty and low
- 4.desolate; deserted
- 5.dreary; miserable
- 6.withered; limp
- 7.my
- 8.to feel cold
- 9.to fear; to dread
- 10.winter
- 11.cold weather; cold day or night
- 12.cold; chill
- 13.(telegraphy) the fourteenth day of a month
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 人 (“person”) + 茻 (“grass”) – a person in a house, sleeping in the grass to protect from the cold. In some bronze inscriptions, 二 is added at the bottom of the character; this may simply be decorative or may represent a mat. In the seal script, 二 is changed to 仌 (“ice”) to emphasize its meaning of coldness. Contrast 宿. Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
今天早上天氣嚴寒。
We had a heavy frost this morning.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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