涵 (hán): to contain, to include, culvert
涵 (hán) is a Chinese character meaning “to contain.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 函 (phonetic). It ranks #2263 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 涵 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to contain
- to include
- culvert
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 涵
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涵义 | hán yì | content |
| 涵盖 | hán gài | to cover |
| 包涵 | bāo han | to excuse |
| 蕴涵 | yùn hán | to contain |
| 涵养 | hán yǎng | to cultivate (personal qualities) |
| 内涵意义 | nèi hán yì yì | (semantics) connotative meaning |
| 涵意 | hán yì | content |
| 意涵 | yì hán | (Tw) meaning |
| 涵江区 | hán jiāng qū | Hanjiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 茹古涵今 | rú gǔ hán jīn | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) |
| 涵管 | hán guǎn | culvert pipe |
| 海涵 | hǎi hán | (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings) |
| 汪道涵 | wāng dào hán | Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits |
| 张韶涵 | zhāng sháo hán | Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress |
| 涵括 | hán kuò | to encompass |
涵 appears in 21 compound words: 57 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 10 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 涵 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的涵边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de hán biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play along the clear stream, catching little fish and shrimp.
涵盖校长推荐入学计划等5措施 直资议会夥港...
hán gài jiào cháng tuī jiàn rù xué jì huá děng 5 cuò shī zhí zī yì huì 夥 gǎng . . .
Covering 5 measures including the Principal's Recommendation Admission Scheme DSS Council partners with Hong Kong...
直资议会夥港大助非本地生来港升学 涵盖校长推荐入学计划等5措施
zhí zī yì huì 夥 gǎng dà zhù fēi běn dì shēng lái gǎng shēng xué hán gài jiào cháng tuī jiàn rù xué jì huá děng 5 cuò shī
The DSS Council partners with HKU to help non-local students study in Hong Kong and covers 5 measures including the President's Recommendation Admission Scheme
舒涵事业起飞却逮到老公出轨!崩溃到不知道要先...
shū hán shì yè qǐ fēi què dǎi dào lǎo gōng chū guǐ ! bēng kuì dào bù zhī dào yāo xiān . . .
Shu Han's career took off but caught her husband cheating! Collapsed so much that I didn't know what to do first...
北区云向预告一周内上载价单 首批会涵盖不同景观
běi qū yún xiàng yù gào yī zhōu nèi shàng zài jià dān shǒu pī huì hán gài bù tóng jǐng guàn
North District Cloud announced that the price list will be uploaded within a week, and the first batch will cover different landscapes
刘大年/中国大陆贸易顺差的意涵
liú dà nián zhōng guó dà lù mào yì shùn chā de yì hán
Liu Danian/The meaning of Chinese mainland's trade surplus
逆境顺境看襟度，临喜临怒看涵养。
Nìjìng shùnjìng kàn jīndù, lín xǐ lín nù kàn hányǎng.
Adversity and prosperity reveal one's breadth of mind; joy and anger test one's self-restraint.
在中文里面，饺子和“交子”谐音，因而具有丰富的文化涵义。
Zài Zhōngwén lǐmiàn, jiǎozi hé "jiāo zǐ " xiéyīn, yīn'ér jùyǒu fēngfù de wénhuà hányì.
In Chinese, 'dumpling' and 'first exchange' are homophones, so they have a rich cultural association.
Character Family
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