罕 hǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- ⺳ — net, network
- Made of
- ⺳ net, network 干 arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
罕见
hǎnjiàn
rare, seldom seen
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这种罕见疾病发病率很低，因此早期诊断并不容易。 Zhè zhǒng hǎnjiàn jíbìng fābìnglǜ hěn dī, yīncǐ zǎoqī zhěnduàn bìng bù róngyì. The incidence of this rare disease is very low, so early diagnosis is not easy.
- 南方今年冬天下了一场罕见的大雪。 Nánfāng jīnnián dōngtiān xià le yì chǎng hǎnjiàn de dàxuě. The south had a rare heavy snowfall this winter.
- 在城市里，这样安静的夜晚已经很罕见了。 Zài chéngshì lǐ, zhèyàng ānjìng de yèwǎn yǐjīng hěn hǎnjiàn le. In the city, quiet evenings like this have become very rare.
Related words
- 稀罕 xīhan rare; to cherish; to care about
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 常见 chángjiàn common
- 见到 jiàndào to see; to meet
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 碰见 pèngjiàn to meet by chance
- 意见 yìjiàn opinion
- 可见 kějiàn it is clear that