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dān

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dān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dān | dan1
English translation
to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility

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About dān

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

dān

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of dān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌詹

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

zhān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and dàn represents the sound. Simplified form of dān .

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Words with dān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
担心 dānxīn anxious擔心
dān to carry dān
承担 chéngdān to undertake承擔
担任 dānrèn to assume office of擔任
负担 fùdān burden負擔
担保 dānbǎo to guarantee擔保
担忧 dān yōu to worry擔憂
担当 dān dāng to assume擔當
担负 dān fù to shoulder擔負
分担 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)分擔
重担 zhòng dàn heavy burden重擔
担子 dàn zi burden擔子
担架 dān jià stretcher擔架
担纲 dān gāng to play the leading role擔綱
担惊受怕 dān jīng shòu pà to feel apprehensive擔驚受怕
扁担 biǎn dan carrying pole扁擔
担待 dān dài to pardon擔待
负担不起 fù dān bu qǐ cannot afford負擔不起
零担 líng dān less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)零擔
担担面 dàn dàn miàn Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce擔擔麵
市担 shì dàn Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg)市擔
担承 dān chéng to undertake擔承

dān Decomposition & Compounds

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