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瘅

dān

Character Traditional 癉

What 瘅 means

1. (disease)

Other readings

瘅 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dànto hate

Words containing 瘅

• 彰善瘅恶zhāng shàn dàn èto distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil…

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
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust

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
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice