涵
hán
Water element 水
to contain
tolerance and depth
Element
Water 水
Radical
氵
Strokes
11
Use
Used for any gender
In five-element thinking, Water carries wisdom, adaptability, flow. A name built on 涵 leans on that energy.
The image behind the character
僭始既涵
《诗经·节南山之什·巧言》
涵 appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.
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