Moto 寒: ColdKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Kun'yomi
- さむ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 179 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 厳寒げんかんintense cold
- 寒かんmidwinter; cold season
- 寒中かんちゅうmid-winter; cold season
- 寒冷かんれいcold; coldness
- 寒冷前線かんれいぜんせんcold front
- 寒天かんてんfreezing weather
- 寒暖かんだんcold and heat; (degree of) temperature
- 寒暖計かんだんけいthermometer
- 寒村かんそんdeserted village; poor village
- 寒椿かんつばきcamellia-like plant native to China
- 悪寒おかんchill; shakes
- 極寒ごっかんextreme cold; intense cold
- 酷寒こっかんsevere cold; intense cold
- 防寒ぼうかんprotection against cold
- 一暴十寒いちばくじっかんbursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness
- 三寒四温さんかんしおんalternation of three cold and four warm days
- 亜寒帯あかんたいsubarctic zone
- 亜寒帯気候あかんたいきこうsubarctic climate
- 余寒よかんlingering winter
- 冴寒ごかんextreme cold
- 冷寒れいかんcold; chilly
- 凍寒とうかんfrost; bitter cold
- 厳寒の候げんかんのこうthe coldest season (weather)
- 向寒こうかんfacing the winter
- 大寒だいかん(time of) extreme cold
- 寒の入りかんのいりbeginning of midwinter
- 寒の戻りかんのもどりreturn to midwinter cold; cold spell in spring
- 寒中水泳かんちゅうすいえいswimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
- 寒中見舞かんちゅうみまいwinter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
- 寒中見舞いかんちゅうみまいwinter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season
- 寒九かんくninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)
- 寒冷地かんれいちcold district; northern district
- 寒冷渦かんれいうずcold vortex
- 寒冷紗かんれいしゃcheesecloth
- 寒冷高気圧かんれいこうきあつcold anticyclon
- 寒剤かんざいfreezing mixture; refrigerant
- 寒卵かんたまごegg laid in winter
- 寒参りかんまいりwinter visit to a shrine
- 寒国かんこくcold country; cold region
- 寒地かんちcold region
- 寒地植物かんちしょくぶつpsychrophyte
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 寒ささむさcoldness
- 寒気さむけchill; the shivers
- 寒いさむいcold (e.g. weather)
- 肌寒いはださむいchilly; unpleasantly cold
- うす寒いうすさむいsomewhat cold; a bit chilly
- うそ寒いうそさむいsomewhat cold; a bit chilly
- お寒いおさむいpoor; unsatisfactory
- 夜寒よさむnight cold; chill of night
- 大寒小寒おおさむこさむfirst verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")
- 寒からしめるさむからしめるto make cold; to chill
- 寒がりさむがりbeing sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold
- 寒がりやさむがりやsomeone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
- 寒がり屋さむがりやsomeone who feels the cold; someone sensitive to cold
- 寒がるさむがるto be bothered by coldness; to complain about the cold
- 寒けさむけchill; the shivers
Other readings
- 寒々さむざむwintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape)
- 寒波かんぱcold wave
- 寒風かんぷうcold wind
- 寒々しいさむざむしいbleak; chilly
Showing the 60 most common of 179 words. See them all in the graph.
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