Hanja Analyzer
胆

胆 — dan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
침비깨 단
Romanization
dan
English
gall bladder; bravery, courage
Mandarin
dǎn
Japanese on'yomi
タン, ダン, タツ, タチ
Japanese kun'yomi
きも
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,449 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Variant forms
膽
Radical
肉 (130, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
旦
Unicode
U+80C6

Parts that make up 胆

  • 月 고기 육, 둘레 유variant of 肉 저며 놓은 고깃덩이몸의 살과 장기. 왼쪽·아래에서 月 로 쓴다
  • 旦 아침 단sound 지평선 위로 올라온 해아침. 소리로도 쓴다

How 胆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 胆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 肉, 旦.

Japanese words with 胆

  • 大胆だいたん bold; daring; audacious
  • 落胆らくたん discouragement; despondency; dejection
  • 胆石たんせき gallstone
  • 胆汁たんじゅう bile; gall
  • 魂胆こんたん ulterior motive; plot; scheme
  • 胆い gallbladder; liver
  • 胆嚢たんのう gallbladder; gall bladder
  • 胆力たんりょく courage; nerve; grit
  • 竜胆りんどう gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); autumn bellflower
  • 海胆うに sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
  • 豪胆ごうたん bold; daring; dauntless
  • 放胆ほうたん boldness; fearlessness

Characters sharing the phonetic 旦

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

Other hanja read “단”

Other hanja with radical 肉

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