担 dān to undertake; to carry; to shoulder
Made up of [扌 shǒu hand radical 64, 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day-break ]Alternative traditional form of character: 擔
Made with 8 strokes.
The hand radical suggests 'carry' wheile 'dan' on left is the phonetic
Related characters
Also uses 扌 shǒu component: 把 bǎ (to hold) 扮 bàn (to act) ; 报 bào (to announce) ; 抱 bào (to hold) ; 搞 gǎo (to do) ; 技 jì (skill) ; 拉 lā (to pull) ; 打 qiú (to beat) ; 抬 tái (to lift) ; 推 tuī (to push) ; 我 wǒ (I (me)) ; 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses 旦 dàn component: 但 dàn (but) 胆 dǎn (the gall)
Sounds same
单 dān (bill)Different tone
胆 dǎn (the gall) ; 诞 dàn (birth) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 但 dàn (but)Pronunciation
Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License