The kanji 汗 means "sweat" or "perspiration". It refers to the salty, watery fluid secreted by the sweat glands of the skin.

・On-yomi (音読み): カン (kan) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): あせ (ase)

⚫︎ 汗をかく Translation: To sweat. ⚫︎ 冷や汗 Translation: Cold sweat. ⚫︎ 汗水 Translation: Sweat and tears (labor, hard work).

The kanji 汗 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is the radical 氵 (san-zui), which means "water". The right side is 干 (kan), which has the original meaning of "dry" or "to dry". The combination suggests the idea of "water that dries on the skin," thus, "sweat."