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dān

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dān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dān | dan1
English translation
utmost, entirely, quite; to use up

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About dān

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

dān

Contains the radical

dǎi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

death

Etymology of dān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

歹單

Semantic compound

dǎi

Phonetic compound

dān

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Words with dān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
殚精竭虑 dān jīng jié lǜ to rack one's brains殫精竭慮
dān entirely dān
殚心 dān xīn to devote one's entire mind殫心
殚竭 dān jié to use up殫竭
殚力 dān lì to strive殫力

dān Decomposition & Compounds

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