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掸

dǎn

Character Traditional 撣 Measure word 把

What 掸 means

1. to brush away
2. to dust off
3. brush
4. duster

Words starting with 掸

• 掸子dǎn ziduster
• 掸邦Shàn bāngShan state of east Myanmar (Burma)
• 掸邦高原Shàn bāng gāo yuánShan plateau of east Myanmar (Burma)

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)
• 惮dàndread; fear; dislike
• 蝉cháncicada
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust
• 婵chánused in 婵娟

Characters that look like 掸

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

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 禅chándhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 惮dàndread; fear; dislike
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust

Sounds the same

Read dǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 胆gall bladder; courage; guts
• 抌(archaic) to strike forcefully; to stab; Taiwan pr. zhěn
• 亶sincere
• 撢to dust
• 𬘘silk fringe of a coronet
• 赕(old barbarian dialects) to pay a fine in atonement; river; Taiwan pr. tàn
• 疸jaundice