胆 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dǎn

gall bladder

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 膽.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

旦 Sound component

dàn

dawn

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

dǎn

gall bladder; bravery, courage; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

Most common words with 胆

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 25.6447% of movies

1370th most common character in movies

1352nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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