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掂

diān

Character

What 掂 means

1. to weigh in the hand
2. to estimate

Words starting with 掂

• 掂量diān liangto weigh in the hand; to consider; to weigh up; Taiwan pr. diān liáng

Characters built on 店

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

• 惦diànto think of; to remember; to miss
• 踮diǎnto stand on tiptoe; Taiwan pr. diàn

Characters that look like 掂

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 猛měngferocious; fierce; violent
• 掳lǔ(bound form) to capture (sb)
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 捱áivariant of 挨

Sounds the same

Read diān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颠top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 滇short name for Yunnan 云南
• 癫mentally deranged; crazy
• 巅summit
• 敁to weigh in the hand, to estimate; to shake
• 攧to fall; to stamp (one's foot); to toss
• 瘨convulsions; crazy
• 蹎to fall forward (variant of 颠
• 傎inversion; mistake
• 顚variant of 颠
• 巓same as 巅; summit; mountain peak