dǎn

to dust

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

单 sound component

  Sound component

dānshàn

  

single

Evolution

掸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
掸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掸 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
掸 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

dǎn

to dust; a duster; to brush away; to dust off; brush; duster; CL:[bǎ]

Most common words with 掸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

brush

掸子

duster