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dān

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dān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dān | dan1
English translation
a small jar; to bear a burden; a load of two

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About dān

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

dān

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

person

Etymology of dān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻詹

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

zhān

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Words with dān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
儋州 Dān zhōu Danzhou City, Hainan儋州 Dān zhōu
儋州市 Dān zhōu shì Danzhou city, Hainan儋州市 Dān zhōu shì
dān carry dān
儋县 Dān xiàn Dan county, Hainan儋縣

dān Decomposition & Compounds

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