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袒

tǎn

Character

What 袒 means

1. to bare

Other readings

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

• tǎnold variant of {袒|tǎn}

Words starting with 袒

• 袒露tǎn lùto expose; to bare
• 袒护tǎn hùto shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side
• 袒免tǎn miǎnto bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
• 袒庇tǎn bìto shield; to harbor; to cover up
• 袒缚tǎn fùto surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
• 袒胸tǎn xiōngto bare the breast
• 袒膊tǎn bóto strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist
• 袒衣tǎn yīto dress in a hurry with part of the body showing
• 袒裼tǎn xīto bare the upper body

Words containing 袒

• 偏袒piān tǎnto bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
• 右袒yòu tǎnto take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased
• 左袒zuǒ tǎnto take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased
• 肉袒ròu tǎnto make a humble apology (formal writing)
• 膝袒xī tǎnto walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
• 裸袒luǒ tǎnnaked; bare
• 露袒lù tǎnexposed; uncovered; naked
• 左右袒zuǒ yòu tǎnto take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased
• 不为左右袒bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎnto remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)

Characters built on 旦

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

• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
• 担dānto undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 亶dǎnsincere

Characters that look like 袒

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

• 档dàng(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files…
• 柏bǎicedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. bó
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 祢nǐyou (used to address a deity)
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

Sounds the same

Read tǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坦flat; open-hearted; level
• 毯blanket; rug
• 钽tantalum (chemistry)
• 忐used in 忐忑
• 禫sacrifice at the end of mourning
• 菼Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Amur silvergrass); Miscanthus sinensis (feather grass)
• 嗿sound of many people eating
• 璮a kind of jade
• 贉pay an advance; silk book cover
• 醓brine of pickled meat