Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1502 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: sweat, perspire

Kunyomi: あせ

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

腺(かんせん)   sweat gland

する(はっかんする)   sweat [v.i.]

(あせ)   sweat, perspiration

かき(あせかき)   person who sweats a lot

だく(あせだく)   dripping with sweat

ばむ(あせばむ)   be slightly sweaty

冷や(ひやあせ)   cold sweat

Onyomi Examples

カン khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

カンガン ashamed

成吉思 ジンギスカン jingisukan, grilled mutton and vegetable dish, slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)

タイカン Great Khan, Grand Khan

Kunyomi Examples

あせ sweat, perspiration, moisture, condensation, gulp, oops

だく あせだく dripping with sweat, bathed in perspiration

たきあせ profuse sweating

てあせ palm sweat