含

hán

to keep in the mouth

to contain

now (今) + mouth (口) = hold something in the mouth

口 anchors the meaning: something held inside the mouth. 今 mainly contributes the sound hán and does not add semantic weight here.

今+口→含

今NowPhonetic

口MouthSemantic

她嘴里含着一块糖。

tā zuǐ lǐ hán zhe yī kuài táng。

she is keeping a piece of candy in her mouth.

这种水果含有很多维生素。

zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ hán yǒu hěn duō wéi shēng sù。

this kind of fruit contains a lot of vitamins.

Words with 含

含泪

hán lèi

tearful

含蓄

hán xù

to contain

含有

hán yǒu

to contain

闪含语系

shǎn hán yǔ xì

Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)

隐含

yǐn hán

to contain in a concealed form

饱含

bǎo hán

to be full of (emotion); to brim with (love, tears etc)

不含糊

bù hán hu

unambiguous

内含

nèi hán

to contain

包含

bāo hán

to contain

含冤

hán yuān

wronged

含苞待放

hán bāo dài fàng

in bud

含含糊糊

hán hán hú hú

(of speech) obscure

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