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憚

dàn

dread

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

忄  Meaning component

xin, xīn

  

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

單 sound component

單  Sound component

dān, shàn

  

single

Evolution

憚 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
憚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

惮 (憚) 

dàn

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

Most common words with 憚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肆无忌惮

unbridled

忌惮

restraining fear

惮

dread

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3601st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

惮

Unicode

U+619A

Shuowen

“憚，忌難也。从心，單聲。一曰難也。”


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