憚 — tan

Parts that make up 憚

How 憚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 憚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 單.

Korean example words with 憚

• 기탄忌憚 Korean gloss: 어렵고 불편하게 여겨 감추거나 피함
• 불탄하다不憚 Korean gloss: 꺼리거나 두려워하지 아니하다
• 혐탄嫌憚 Korean gloss: 싫어하며 꺼림.
• 탄복憚服 Korean gloss: 두려워하여 복종함.
• 겸탄謙憚 Korean gloss: 겸손한 태도로 어려워함.
• 무탄無憚 Korean gloss: 꺼리거나 미워하지 아니함.
• 경탄敬憚 Korean gloss: 공경하면서도 어려워하고 꺼림.
• 무석무탄無石無憚 Korean gloss: 시위대가 먼저 돌이나 화염병을 던지지 않으면, 경찰도 최루탄을 쏘지 않는다는 말
• 무탄무석無憚無石 Korean gloss: 경찰이 먼저 최루탄을 쏘지 않으면, 시위대도 돌이나 화염병을 던지지 않는다는 말
• 시탄하다猜憚 Korean gloss: 시기하여 꺼리다.
• 외탄하다畏憚 Korean gloss: 두려워하고 꺼리다.
• 무소기탄하다無所忌憚 Korean gloss: 아무 꺼릴 바가 없다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 憚

• 忌憚きたん reserve; modesty; hesitation
• 憚るはばかる to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
• 憚りはばかり hesitation; hindrance; washroom
• 憚り様はばかりさま thank you for your trouble; unfortunately ...
• 憚りながらはばかりながら with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
• 忌憚のないきたんのない unrestrained; unreserved; candid
• 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; do not delay in making amends for your wrongs

Characters sharing the phonetic 單

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “탄”

Other hanja with radical 心