dǎn
to dust
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernStatistics
Not found in HSK word list
4402nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+64A3 |
Shuowen | “撣,提持也。从手,單聲。” |
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