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眈

dān

Character

What 眈 means

1. used in {眈眈|dān dān}

Words starting with 眈

• 眈眈dān dān(to gaze) intently

Words containing 眈

• 虎视眈眈hǔ shì dān dān(lit.) to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom)…

Characters built on 冘

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

• 耽dānto indulge in; to delay
• 酖dānaddicted to liquor

Characters that look like 眈

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

• 统tǒngto gather; to unite; to unify
• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 蚊wénmosquito
• 炊chuīto cook food
• 矾fánalum

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
• 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
• 襌garment without a lining