汗
hán , hàn · HSK 5
perspiration
💧 氵(water) + 干 (gān, dry/shield) — water from the body; 干 also gives the sound
汗 splits into 氵 (water radical) and 干 (gān). The water radical marks bodily fluid (sweat), while 干 is the phonetic component, hinting at the hàn reading. Same character also transliterates Khan in 可汗.
汗 — water radical 氵 + 干 (gān, phonetic)
汗 is a phono-semantic compound. The water radical 氵 signals liquid, and 干 supplies the sound. Together they denote sweat — the water that comes out of the body. Read hàn it means sweat; read hán it appears in 可汗, a loanword for a Mongol or Turkic ruler (khan).