• 1350th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dǎn (dan3)the gall • the nerve • courage • guts • gall bladder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dǎn (dan3)The component is pronounced as 'dàn' (dan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

大胆 (大膽)
胆固醇 (膽固醇)
胆子 (膽子)
胆小 (膽小)
胆小鬼 (膽小鬼)
胆量 (膽量)

Uncommon

心惊胆战 (心驚膽戰)
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)
斗胆 (斗膽)
海胆 (海膽)
肝胆相照 (肝膽相照)
胆囊 (膽囊)
胆大 (膽大)
胆怯 (膽怯)
胆敢 (膽敢)
胆汁 (膽汁)
胆略 (膽略)
胆结石 (膽結石)
胆识 (膽識)
胆碱 (膽鹼)
卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽)
色胆 (色膽)

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  • 793rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 20 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availableearknock
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gǎn (gan3)to dare • daring • (polite) may I venture

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

勇敢 

Uncommon

敢于 (敢於)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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