罕 (hǎn): rare
罕 (hǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “rare.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺳ (structural) and 干 (structural). It ranks #2169 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 罕 an empty 干 fishing net ⺳; 干 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 罒 (net) appears in many related characters such as 网 (wǎng, net), 置 (zhì, to install), 罚 (fá, to punish).
Definitions
- rare
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn empty 干 fishing net ⺳; 干 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱⺳干 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 罕
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穆罕默德proper-noun | mù hǎn mò dé | Muhammad (c. 570–632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God |
| 稀罕adjective | xī han | rare |
| 亚伯拉罕proper-noun | yà bó lā hǎn | (name) Abraham |
| 希罕 | xī han | variant of 稀罕 |
| 人迹罕至phrase | rén jì hǎn zhì | lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) |
| 新罕布什尔proper-noun | xīn hǎn bù shí ěr | New Hampshire, US state |
| 默罕默德 | mò hǎn mò dé | see 穆罕默德 |
| 伊斯法罕proper-noun | yī sī fǎ hǎn | Isfahan province and city in central Iran |
| 达尔罕茂明安联合旗 | dá ěr hǎn mào míng ān lián hé qí | Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头, Inner Mongolia |
| 加拉罕 | jiā lā hǎn | Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge |
| 莫罕达斯 | mò hǎn dá sī | Mohandas (name) |
| 撒马尔罕proper-noun | sā mǎ ěr hǎn | Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
| 穆罕默德六世 | mù hǎn mò dé liù shì | King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–) |
| 罕有verb | hǎn yǒu | to rarely have |
| 赛罕区 | sài hǎn qū | Saihan, a district of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia |
罕 appears in 21 compound words: 10 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 48 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 罕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Showing 4 of 6 idioms containing 罕.
Example Sentences
治療迷思難解...罕病SMA病人約4分之1未接受治療 恐陷不...
zhì 療 mí sī 難 jiě . . . hǎn bìng bìng rén 約 fēn zhī wèi jiē shòu zhì 療 kǒng xiàn bù . . .
Treatment Myths Persist... About a Quarter of SMA Patients Remain Untreated, Risking...
27歲男健身突胸痛腫脹 竟是罕見「胸大肌斷裂」
歲 nán jiàn shēn tū xiōng tòng 腫 脹 jìng shì hǎn 見 xiōng dà jī 斷 liè
27-year-old man experiences chest pain and swelling during a workout; it turns out to be a rare pectoral muscle rupture.
...G》林志傑退休倒數計時盼再拚一冠!談家人罕見感性淚崩(影音)
. . . lín zhì 傑 tuì xiū dǎo 數 計 時 pàn zài 拚 yī guàn ! 談 jiā rén hǎn 見 gǎn xìng 淚 bēng yǐng yīn
Lin Chih-chieh Counts Down to Retirement, Hopes for One Last Championship! Rare Emotional Moment as He Talks Family (Video)
罕見病例 眼疾男打瘦瘦針 眼嚴重出血
hǎn 見 bìng lì yǎn jí nán dǎ shòu shòu 針 yǎn 嚴 chóng chū xiě
Rare case of a man with eye disease who received a slimming injection and severe bleeding from his eye
神山漲到被盯上!台積電罕見入列注意股 今年來已噴漲近27%
shén shān 漲 dào bèi dīng shàng ! tái 積 電 hǎn 見 rù liè zhù yì gǔ jīn nián 來 yǐ 噴 漲 jìn
The sacred mountain has risen to the point of being targeted! TSMC is rarely listed as a stock to watch and has risen nearly 27% this year.
...翁嘉穗杜拜低胸騎馬大騷身材 71歲鄔友正罕脫衣騷肌
. . . wēng jiā 穗 dù bài dī xiōng 騎 馬 dà 騷 shēn cái 歲 鄔 yǒu zhèng hǎn 脫 yī 騷 jī
... Weng Jiasui Dubai low-cut horseback riding shows off her figure 71-year-old Wu Youzhenghan strips off his muscles
抗癌神器來了!台中女骶骨冒罕見巨型瘤 3個月神速縮小
kàng ái shén qì 來 le ! tái zhōng nǚ 骶 gǔ mào hǎn 見 jù xíng liú 個 yuè shén sù 縮 xiǎo
Miracle Cancer Treatment Arrives! Rare Giant Tumor in Taichung Woman's Sacrum Shrinks Dramatically in Just 3 Months
亚伯拉罕·林肯是名人。
Yàbólāhǎn · Línkěn shì míngrén.
Abraham Lincoln is a famous person.
月食是一种罕见的现象。
Yuèshí shì yīzhǒng hǎnjiàn de xiànxiàng.
An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
很罕见看到像汤姆的人。
Hěn hǎnjiàn kàn dào xiàng Tāngmǔ de rén.
People like Tom are rare.
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