惮 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

dàn

dread

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憚.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

单 Sound component

dān, shàn

single

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

dàn

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

Most common words with 惮

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3601st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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