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邯

hán
proper noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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