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郸

dān

Character Traditional 鄲

What 郸 means

1. used in place names {邯郸|Hán dān} (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and {郸城|Dān chéng} (a county in Henan)

Words starting with 郸

• 郸城县Dān chéng XiànDancheng, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市
• 郸城Dān chéngsee 郸城县

Words containing 郸

• 邯郸市Hán dān ShìHandan, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 邯郸学步Hán dān xué bùto copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom); slavishly copying others, one risks becoming…
• 邯郸Hán dānsee 邯郸市

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
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust
• 婵chánused in 婵娟

Characters that look like 郸

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

• 部bùministry; department; section
• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 绑bǎngto tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
• 郭guōouter city wall
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics
• 郴chēnused in 郴州

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
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining