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邯

hán
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Meanings

  1. 1 (in 邯郸) Handan, a city in Hebei

Examples

邯郸学步，比喻生硬模仿，反而丢了自己。
Hán dān xué bù, bǐyù shēngyìng mófǎng, fǎnér diū le zìjǐ.
"Learning to walk in Handan" means clumsily copying others and losing your own way.
邯郸是河北省南部的一座古城。
Hán dān shì Héběishěng nánbù de yí zuò gǔchéng.
Handan is an ancient city in southern Hebei province.

Tips

history
邯 occurs only in 邯郸, capital of the Zhao state in the Warring States period. The story of a man who went there to learn the local walk and forgot his own gave the idiom 邯郸学步.

Components

radical
阝 yì
city; town
阝 on the right is the city radical 邑, marking 邯 as a place name.
phonetic
甘 gān
sweet
甘 supplies the sound (gān shifted to hán) and adds no meaning here; the same element names the local 甘 hill near 邯郸.

Stroke Order

邯 hán