This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: カン、さむ.い
Romaji: kan, samu.i
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さ、さん
Romaji: sa, san
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

cold

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  40
Frequency:  1456
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-3-9
Korean Reading:  han
Chinese Reading:  han2
Unicode:  5bd2
JIS:  3428

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2311
Nelson Index: 1322
New Nelson Index: 1350
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m9.3
Four Corner Index: 3030.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 245
Gakken Index: 1195
Japanese Names Index: 1714
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7239X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.1064
Remembering the kanji Index: 1526
Kanji Flashcards Index: 159
Kodansha Compact Index: 490
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 263
Kanji in Context Index: 120
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1490
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2011
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1540
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1645
Essential Kanji Index: 831
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2894
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 740
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 175
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 393

Words

(かん)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
寒い (さむい、さぶい)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
寒天 (かんてん)
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
耐寒 (たいかん)
cold-resistant
極寒 (ごっかん)
intense cold; mid-winter
(さむ、さぶ)
cold
寒冷 (かんれい)
cold; coldness; chilliness
防寒 (ぼうかん)
protection against cold
寒気 (さむけ、かんき)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
亜寒帯 (あかんたい)
subarctic zone
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