掸 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dǎn

to dust

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撣.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

单 Sound component

dān, shàn

single

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

dǎn

to dust; a duster; to brush away; to dust off; brush; duster; CL:把[bǎ]

Most common words with 掸

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	掸	brush
	掸子	duster

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4402nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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