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    3. 寒

    寒

    寒さむ.い

    cold

    N3KMT9Freq #1456Weather & GeographyKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さむ.い

    On'yomi

    カン

    Nanori

    ささん

    cold

    宀

    宀
    冖
    一
    八
    冫

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    Concepts using this kanji

    寒さ

    coldness

    寒気

    cold

    悪寒

    chill

    寒暖計

    thermometer

    寒風

    cold wind

    寒冷

    cold

    厳寒

    intense cold

    寒天

    freezing weather

    寒波

    cold wave

    極寒

    extreme cold

    防寒

    protection against the cold

    肌寒い

    chilly

    寒村

    poor village

    寒暖

    cold and heat

    寒九

    ninth day of the cold season (approx January 13th)

    大寒

    (time of) extreme cold

    寒気立つ

    to feel cold

    寒月

    wintry moon

    寒気団

    a cold air mass

    一暴十寒

    bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness

    寒水石

    whitish marble (from northern Ibaraki)

    寒地

    cold region

    寒国

    cold country

    寒

    midwinter

    小寒い

    chilly

    小寒

    "minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)

    寒心

    deplorable

    寒の入り

    beginning of midwinter

    防寒対策

    taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)

    歳寒三友

    the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)

    寒水

    cold water

    寒中見舞

    winter greeting card

    三寒四温

    alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

    大寒波

    cold snap

    寒行

    winter spiritual austerities

    寒冷地

    cold district

    向寒

    approach of winter

    寒地植物

    psychrophyte

    寒明け

    the beginning of spring

    寒帯気団

    polar air mass

    寒参り

    winter visit to a shrine

    寒中水泳

    swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season

    寒点

    cold points (of the skin)

    防寒着

    winter clothes

    朝寒

    morning cold

    寒害

    damage from cold weather

    防寒具

    heavy outfit designed to keep out the cold

    避寒地

    place with warmer weather to spend the winter

    寒流

    cold current

    寒松

    winter pine

    氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し

    students surpass their masters

    寒帯前線

    polar front

    寒地荒原

    cold desert

    寒空

    wintry sky

    大寒小寒

    first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

    寒夜

    cold night

    夜寒

    night cold

    寒冷高気圧

    cold anticyclone

    残寒

    lingering cold (even after the beginning of spring)

    防寒服

    winter clothes

    寒造り

    made in the winter (sake)

    春寒

    cold weather in early spring

    寒竹

    marbled bamboo (Chimonobambusa marmorea)

    寒食

    Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice

    寒帯前線ジェット気流

    polar front jet stream

    寒天培地

    nutrient agar

    秋寒

    autumnal chill

    寒帯林

    taiga

    傷寒論

    Shanghan Lun (treatise on traditional Chinese medicine compiled by Zhang Zhongjing)

    寒苦

    suffering caused by the cold

    苦寒

    coldest time of the year

    寒々

    wintry

    寒極

    a place of extreme cold

    寒武利亜

    Cambria (old name for Wales)

    余寒

    lingering winter

    寒色

    cold color

    頭寒足熱

    keeping the head cool and feet warm

    冷寒

    cold

    心胆を寒からしめる

    to make a person's blood run cold

    寒冷前線

    cold front

    厳寒の候

    the coldest season (weather)

    等寒線

    isocheim

    寒帯

    frigid zone

    耐寒性

    cold resistance

    島寒菊

    chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)

    背筋が寒くなる

    to feel a chill run down one's spine

    底寒い

    bitterly cold

    寒熱

    cold and heat

    寒垢離

    cold-water ablutions performed in winter

    寒の戻り

    return to midwinter cold

    亜寒帯気候

    subarctic climate

    寒苦鳥

    cold-suffering bird

    寒熱往来

    alternating chills and fever

    傷寒

    acute febrile illness (e.g. typhoid)

    寒い

    cold (e.g. weather)

    避寒

    going somewhere warmer for the winter

    寒締め

    exposing greenhouse-grown fruit and vegetables to cold before harvesting

    防寒靴

    arctic boots

    寒雨

    cold winter rain

    素寒貧

    penniless

    暑さ寒さも彼岸まで

    no heat or cold lasts over the equinox

    寒暖差アレルギー

    non-allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis brought about by a sudden change in temperature

    寒暖差

    temperature difference

    物言えば唇寒し秋の風

    silence is golden

    寒気凛々

    it (the weather) being piercing (bitterly) cold

    亜寒帯

    subarctic zone

    防寒帽

    arctic cap

    寒天蛸

    seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)

    寒卵

    egg laid in winter

    寒郷

    poor isolated village

    寒梅

    plum tree which blossoms in winter

    寒がり

    being sensitive to the cold

    寒がる

    to be bothered by coldness

    うそ寒い

    somewhat cold

    お寒い

    poor

    寒々しい

    bleak

    寒がりや

    someone who feels the cold

    寒イボ

    goosebumps

    寒からしめる

    to make cold

    寒桜

    Prunus kanzakura (species of winter-blooming cherry tree)

    日本海寒帯気団収束帯

    Japan-Sea Polar-Airmass Convergence Zone

    梅雨寒

    unseasonably cool weather during the rainy season

    貧寒

    destitution

    寒菊

    winter chrysanthemum (cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)

    寒剤

    freezing mixture

    露寒

    cold at the end of autumn when the dew turns to frost

    寒露

    late-autumn or early-winter dew

    凍寒

    frost

    寒酸

    suffering in poverty

    耐寒

    resistance to cold

    寒忌竹

    centipede plant (Homalocladium platycladum)

    寒雲

    clouds in midwinter

    薄寒い

    somewhat cold

    薄ら寒い

    chilly

    寒冷渦

    cold vortex

    肌寒

    chill (esp. in autumn)

    寒煙

    cold smoke

    寒咲きアヤメ

    Algerian iris (Iris unguicularis)

    寒紅梅

    winter plum tree with reddish blossoms

    寒暑

    hot and cold

    寒肥

    winter manure

    寒菅

    Carex morrowii

    寒梅粉

    flour made from cooked glutinous rice

    寒稽古

    mid-winter training

    寒風摩擦

    rubdown with a dry towel

    飢寒

    hunger and cold

    河童の寒稽古

    something that looks difficult but actually isn't

    寒雷

    winter thunder

    寒中

    mid-winter

    寒晒し

    exposure to cold

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    • 一
    • 八
    • 冖
    • 冫
    • 宀
    • 寒緋桜
    • 寒梅粉
    • 寒地植物
    • 寒地荒原
    • 寒水石
    • 寒造り
    • 寒忌竹
    • 防寒帽
    • 河童の寒稽古
    • 寒暖差アレルギー
    • 寒暖差
    • 小寒い
    • 寒風摩擦
    • 歳寒三友
    • 寒松
    • 寒の戻り
    • 梅雨寒
    • 寒食
    • 氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し
    • 耐寒性
    • 薄寒い
    • 防寒着
    • 防寒対策
    • 日本海寒帯気団収束帯
    • 寒牡丹
    • 傷寒
    • 寒締め
    • 大寒波
    • 寒咲きアヤメ
    • 傷寒論

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    • 寒武利亜
    • 亜寒帯
    • 悪寒
    • 寒い
    • 寒がり
    • 寒がる
    • 寒さ
    • 寒害
    • 寒気
    • 寒空
    • 寒暑
    • 寒村
    • 寒帯
    • 寒帯林
    • 寒暖計
    • 寒地
    • 寒中
    • 寒天
    • 寒波
    • 寒風
    • 寒夜
    • 寒流
    • 寒冷
    • 極寒
    • 厳寒
    • 向寒
    • 酷寒
    • 三寒四温
    • 凍寒
    • 貧寒
    • 防寒
    • 防寒服
    • 余寒
    • 肌寒い
    • 夜寒
    • 寒々
    • 背筋が寒くなる
    • 薄ら寒い
    • 素寒貧
    • 春寒
    • 苦寒
    • 頭寒足熱
    • 防寒具
    • 防寒靴
    • 寒中水泳
    • 寒月
    • 寒心
    • 寒気団
    • 寒色
    • 寒行
    • 寒竹
    • 寒冷前線
    • 寒冷紗
    • 寒卵
    • 寒参り
    • 寒垢離
    • 寒国
    • 寒明け
    • 寒肥
    • 寒点
    • 寒剤
    • 寒梅
    • 寒晒し
    • 寒菊
    • 寒極
    • 寒椿
    • 寒暖
    • 寒餅
    • 寒稽古
    • 小寒
    • 避寒
    • 避寒地
    • 飢寒
    • 大寒
    • 耐寒
    • 寒の入り
    • 寒鮒
    • 寒冷地
    • 厳寒の候
    • 冴寒
    • 亜寒帯気候
    • 寒
    • 寒紅梅
    • 寒帯気団
    • 寒帯前線
    • 寒帯前線ジェット気流
    • 寒天培地
    • 寒冷高気圧
    • うそ寒い
    • 寒気凛々
    • 寒中見舞
    • 酷寒猛暑
    • お寒い
    • 寒々しい
    • 一暴十寒
    • 寒鯛
    • 寒露
    • 寒がりや
    • 寒イボ
    • 寒冷渦
    • 寒からしめる
    • 心胆を寒からしめる
    • 寒菅
    • 暑さ寒さも彼岸まで
    • 物言えば唇寒し秋の風
    • 懐が寒い
    • 大寒小寒
    • 寒気立つ
    • 冷寒
    • 寒葵
    • 寒雷
    • 寒雨
    • 寒雲
    • 寒煙
    • 寒鰤
    • 寒鯉
    • 寒蝉
    • 寒鴉
    • 寒烏
    • 島寒菊
    • 枯木寒巌
    • 朝寒
    • 甚寒
    • 残寒
    • 露寒
    • 底寒い
    • 寒九
    • 寒蜆
    • 寒昴
    • 寒熱
    • 寒熱往来
    • 肌寒
    • 寒酸
    • 寒天蛸
    • 寒水
    • 等寒線
    • 寒蛩
    • 寒郷
    • 寒苦
    • 寒苦鳥
    • 寒暁
    • 寒雀
    • 秋寒
    • 寒桜
    • 緋寒桜

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