dàn

dread

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

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

单 sound component

  Sound component

dānshàn

  

single

Evolution

惮 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
惮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
惮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
惮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
惮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

dàn

dread, shrink from, shirk, fear; dread; fear; dislike

Most common words with 惮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肆无忌惮

unbridled

忌惮

restraining fear

dread

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3601st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

Unicode

U+60EE


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