涵

hán

verb #44,826

Meanings

Zhège cí hángài hěnduō yìsi.

This word covers many meanings.

Tā hěn yǒu hányǎng.

He has great self-restraint.

Qiáo xià yǒu yīgè hándòng.

There is a culvert under the bridge.

usage

涵 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese — you'll see it in compounds like 涵盖 (cover), 涵养 (self-restraint), 内涵 (connotation), and 涵洞 (culvert).

memory

Note the 氵 (water) radical: the original sense was water gathering or soaking in, which extends to the modern meaning of containing or including.

涵 hán