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寒 cold (weather)

On'yomi
カン
Kun'yomi
さむ-い
Strokes
12
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): さむ-い.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
寒 is written in 12 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Under a roof you stack straw mats — three and three, split by eight cracks — but ice still creeps in at the bottom, and you are cold.

A common word

  • 寒い さむい cold

Example sentences

  • きょうはさむいですね。

    It's cold today, isn't it?

  • さむいので、コートをきます。

    It's cold, so I'll put on a coat.

Kanji that share a part

宀 is its radical. 44 kanji share it in all.

三 is a component.

  • 寿 longevity N2
  • 承 consent N2
  • 菫 the Violet N1
  • 僅 merely N1
  • 塞 block N1