# 漢 Chinese

(waterleft) + (from China (radical))
★★★★★
13 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

KAN | Genghis KHAN was not Chinese, he was Mongolian.

## Mnemonic

| This water came from China, so it's Chinese!

## Jukugo

漢字(かんじ) | kanji ★★★★★ 漢 (Chinese) + 字 (letter) = 漢字 (kanji) of course
痴漢(ちかん) | train pervert ★★★★☆ FR 1/2 KANA 痴 (molester) + 漢 (Chinese) = 痴漢 (train pervert) Usually 漢 means Chinese: it's used in a lot of obscure words ('Chinese dictionary,' 'Chinese herbal medicine,' 'Chinese classical literature,' etc.) HOWEVER - aside from 漢字 - the only time 漢 is really used in daily life is here: 痴漢, meaning a guy who molests or gropes women on crowded trains. So the literal reading is: 'sick Chinese' !WTF???

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
横 | side / arrogant | TREE | 木
漢 | Chinese | WET | 水
黄 | yellow | NO TREE |

The TREE got knocked over on its side.

Kanji came to Japan from across the WET sea.

Yellow has NO TREE, so you can say: pee, not tree!!