Shareables · HSK 2 · 声 · Sound series
声旁 · 旦 gives the sound
旦 carries the sound in 7 characters, including 但.
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旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak/dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT
The component is the clue: once you can read 旦, you can guess all of these.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still/merely; only; just |
| 担 | dān | to undertake/to carry/to shoulder/to take responsibility/picul (100 catties, 50 kg)/two buckets full/carrying pole and its load/classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole |
| 坦 | tǎn | flat/open-hearted/level/smooth |
| 胆 | dǎn | gall bladder/courage/guts/gall/inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) |
| 袒 | tǎn | to bare/old variant of 袒[tan3] |
| 钽 | tǎn | tantalum (chemistry) |
| 亶 | Dǎn | surname Dan |
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