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憚
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惮
🇨🇳

shrink

HSK 10
Human →Emotions
dàn
タン、タ
はばか.る
탄
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (憚)
忄 heart (side)+ 單 list =
憚 shrink
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
忄 is a component form of 心.
單 Phonetic component
list
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Simplified (惮)
忄 heart (side)+ 单 single =
惮 dread
忄 Meaning component
xin heart (side)
heart
忄 is a component form of 心.
单 Phonetic component
dān single
single, individual, only
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Notes
Similar Characters
忆 reflect (simp)忉 distressed忏 sins (simp)忕 habit忖 suppose忙 busy忡 a sad忤 insubordinate忧 grieved (simp)忪 tranquil快 fast忭 delighted忮 perverse忱 truth忸 blush忻 delightful忾 hatred (simp)怀 bosom (iii) (simp)怃 disappointed (simp)怄 annoyed (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
憚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
惮 / 憚 [dàn]
dread; fear; dislike
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
肆无忌惮 [sì​wú​jì​dàn] #20,701
absolutely unrestrained
忌惮 [jì​dàn] #43,459
to be afraid of the consequences
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
憚る [はばかる] #12,561
to hesitate
忌憚 [きたん] #40,829
reserve
忌憚のない [きたんのない] #61,773
unrestrained
憚り [はばかり] #79,611
hesitation
憚りながら [はばかりながら] #81,761
with all due respect ...
憎まれっ子世にはばかる [にくまれっこよにはばかる] #169,924
ill weeds grow apace
憚り様 [はばかりさま] #298,170
thank you for your trouble
過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れ [あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ]
when you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it
KOREAN WORDS (1)
기탄
hesitation