Chinese

(waterleft) + (from China (radical))
★★★★★
13 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

KAN

Genghis KHAN was not Chinese, he was Mongolian.

Mnemonic

This water came from China, so it's Chinese!

Jukugo

漢字(かんじ)

kanji ★★★★★
(Chinese) + (letter) = 漢字 (kanji)

of course

痴漢(ちかん)

train pervert ★★★★☆ FR1/2 KANA
(molester) + (Chinese) = 痴漢 (train pervert)

Usually 漢 means Chinese: it's used in a lot of obscure words ('Chinese dictionary,' 'Chinese herbal medicine,' 'Chinese classical literature,' etc.)

HOWEVER - aside from 漢字 - the only time 漢 is really used in daily life is here: 痴漢, meaning a guy who molests or gropes women on crowded trains.

So the literal reading is: 'sick Chinese' !WTF???

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
side / arrogant TREE
Chinese WET
yellow NO TREE

The TREE got knocked over on its side.

Kanji came to Japan from across the WET sea.

Yellow has NO TREE, so you can say: pee, not tree!!