かん
寒
さん
酸

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. suffering in poverty, abject poverty.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
寒
さん
酸
 寒酸 かんさん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

cold
さむ.い　カン　さ (3rd, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
acid, bitterness, sour
サン　す.い (5th, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり　ユウ　なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
to dawdle, the emperor Yao's father
シュン　うずくま.る
license, sincerity, permit
イン　じょう　まこと.に (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)