憨 (hān): silly

憨 (hān) is a Chinese character meaning “silly.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 敢 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #3043 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 憨 heart. Its radical form 心 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 心 (xīn, heart, mind), 爱 (ài, to love), 思 (sī, to think, thought).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 心 heart15 strokesFrequency #3043敢 phonetic心 semantic

Definitions

  1. silly

Etymology & Origin

憨

pictophoneticheart

Decomposition: ⿱敢心 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:敢phonetic心semantic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
憨厚hān housimple and honest
憨豆先生hān dòu xiān shengMr. Bean (TV)
喜憨儿xǐ hān ér(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
憨态可掬hān tài kě jū(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable
憨子hān zi(dialect) simpleton
憨实hān shísimple and honest
憨直hān zhíhonest and straightforward
憨态hān tàinaive and innocent look
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Total compounds
88
As first character
0
As last character
13
As middle character

憨 appears in 8 compound words: 88 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 憨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

豆dòu
0.5821,908 co-occurrences
厚hòu
0.5411,770 co-occurrences
磨mó
0.492666 co-occurrences
傻shǎ
0.457162 co-occurrences
疼téng
0.444180 co-occurrences
俏qiào
0.42760 co-occurrences
呆dāi
0.42390 co-occurrences
婿xù
0.38778 co-occurrences
娇jiāo
0.38030 co-occurrences
笨bèn
0.37654 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

看到孩子的进步，父母憨中十分欣慰。

kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ hān zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .

Seeing their child's progress, the parents were deeply gratified.

Character Family

心 Radical Family — Characters sharing the heart radical

悲bēi憋biē惩chéng愁chóu慈cí怠dài德dé恶è恩ēn忽hū

Related Characters

心xīn爱ài思sī志zhì念niàn总zǒng忘wàng意yì愿yuàn感gǎn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 憨 (hān) mean in Chinese?
憨 (hān) primarily means "silly." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3043 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 憨 have?
憨 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 憨?
The radical associated with 憨 is 心 (heart). This radical appears in many characters related to heart.
What are the components of 憨?
憨 is composed of: 敢 (phonetic), 心 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱敢心 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 憨?
Common words with 憨 include: 憨厚 (hān hou, "simple and honest"); 憨豆先生 (hān dòu xiān sheng, "Mr. Bean (TV)"); 喜憨儿 (xǐ hān ér, "(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)"); 憨态可掬 (hān tài kě jū, "(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable"); 憨子 (hān zi, "(dialect) simpleton"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
Is 憨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 憨 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.