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聃

dān

Character

What 聃 means

1. ears without rim

Words containing 聃

• 老聃Lǎo Dānanother name for Laozi 老子

Characters built on 冉

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

• 苒rǎnluxuriant growth; passing (of time)
• 髯ránbeard; whiskers
• 蚺ránboa

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
• 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
• 襌garment without a lining