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Kanji

寒

cold

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

宀部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

さむい

Nanori (Name Reading)

さむ, ふゆ

Common Readings

カン, さむ…い

Example sentences

寒い さむい
今日は寒いから、コートを着てください。

Since it's cold today, please wear a coat.

いく いく
寒くなっていく

It's getting colder.

寒気 さむけ
急に寒気がしてきたので、熱があるかもしれない。

I suddenly felt a chill, so I might have a fever.

悪寒 おかん
突然ひどい悪寒がして、体が震え始めた。

Suddenly I had a terrible chill, and my body began to shake.

肌寒い はださむい
今朝は少し肌寒いので、上着を持って行ったほうがいいですよ。

It's a bit chilly this morning, so you'd better take a jacket.

羽織る はおる
肌寒いので、上着を羽織った。

Since it was chilly, I threw on a jacket.

寒 かん
今年の寒は例年より厳しかった。

This year's cold season was harsher than usual.

寒々しい さむざむしい
雨上がりの駅前は人影もなく、寒々しい雰囲気に包まれていた。

After the rain, the area in front of the station was empty of people and wrapped in a bleak atmosphere.

極寒 ごっかん
極寒の地では、厚いコートが必要だ。

In extremely cold regions, a thick coat is essential.

寒空 さむぞら
寒空の下で、彼女は駅前の猫を毛布で包んだ。

Under the cold sky, she wrapped the cat near the station in a blanket.

Example Vocabulary

寒い

さむい

cold (weather or air temperature)

寒気

さむけ

chill; shivers

悪寒

おかん

chill; shivering

肌寒い

はださむい

chilly; cold to the skin

寒

かん

the cold; the coldest season before spring

寒々しい

さむざむしい

bleak; desolate; forlorn; dreary

極寒

ごっかん

extreme cold; severe cold

寒空

さむぞら

cold sky; chilly open air

背筋が寒くなる

せすじがさむくなる

to get a chill down one's spine; to feel a shiver of fear

防寒

ぼうかん

protection against the cold

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