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殚

dān

Character Traditional 殫

What 殚 means

1. entirely
2. to exhaust

Words starting with 殚

• 殚力dān lìto strive; endeavor
• 殚心dān xīnto devote one's entire mind
• 殚闷dān mènto faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness
• 殚残dān cánto destroy
• 殚竭dān jiéto use up; to exhaust
• 殚精极虑dān jīng jí lǜto exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly…
• 殚精竭虑dān jīng jié lǜto exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly…

Words containing 殚

• 阑殚lán dāntired and exhausted

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
• 掸dǎnto brush away; to dust off; brush
• 蝉cháncicada
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 婵chánused in 婵娟

Characters that look like 殚

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

• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 惮dàndread; fear; dislike
• 掸dǎnto brush away; to dust off; brush
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant

Sounds the same

Read dān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 单bill; list; form
• 担to undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 耽to indulge in; to delay
• 丹red; pellet; powder
• 聃ears without rim
• 眈used in 眈眈
• 郸used in place names 邯郸
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining