tǎn

strip

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

Components
衤 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

is a component form of .

旦 sound component

  Sound component

dàn

  

dawn

Evolution

袒 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
袒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
袒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
袒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tǎn

strip; lay bare; bared; naked; to bare

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tǎn

old variant of [tǎn]

Most common words with 袒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

袒护

to take sb's side

偏袒

to bare one shoulder

to bare

袒露

to expose