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惮

dàn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 憚

What 惮 means

1. dread
2. fear
3. dislike

Words containing 惮

• 肆无忌惮sì wú jì dànabsolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
• 不惮bù dàn(literary) unafraid
• 忌惮jì dànto be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear

Characters built on 单

These share the phonetic component 单 (dān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 阐chǎnto express; to disclose; to enlighten
• 禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 掸dǎnto brush away; to dust off; brush
• 蝉cháncicada
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust
• 婵chánused in 婵娟

Characters that look like 惮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 悼dàoto mourn; to lament
• 禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 掸dǎnto brush away; to dust off; brush
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust

Sounds the same

Read dàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 但but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 蛋egg; oval-shaped thing
• 弹crossball; bullet; shot
• 旦(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 淡insipid; diluted; weak
• 诞birth; birthday; brag
• 担picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load
• 氮nitrogen (chemistry)
• 澹tranquil; placid; quiet
• 石dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; ancient pr. shí
• 啖to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)
• 萏lotus