惮 (dàn): dread
惮 (dàn) is a Chinese character meaning “dread.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 单 (phonetic). It ranks #3040 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 惮 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 恨 (hèn, to hate), 情 (qíng, feeling, emotion), 快 (kuài, fast, happy).
Definitions
- dread
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肆无忌惮phrase | sì wú jì dàn | absolutely unrestrained |
| 忌惮verb | jì dàn | to be afraid of the consequences |
| 不惮verb | bù dàn | (literary) unafraid |
惮 appears in 3 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 惮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
虽然失败了,但他惮不气馁,继续努力。
suī rán shī bài le , dàn tā dàn bù qì něi , jì xù nǔ lì .
Although he failed, he didn't lose heart and kept trying.
虽然后半段略显失衡,但笑点丝毫不减,横生枝节的故事谱写肆无忌惮的闹剧。
suī rán hòu bàn duàn lüè xiǎn shī héng , dàn xiào diǎn sī háo bù jiǎn , héng shēng zhī jié de gù shì pǔ xiě sì wú jì dàn de nào jù .
Although the second half is slightly unbalanced, the humor remains undiminished, and the plot—with its unexpected twists and turns—unfolds into a wild farce.
...对俄第20轮制裁含多家中企 北京批肆无忌惮
. . . duì é dì 2 0 lún zhì cái hán duō jiā zhōng qǐ běi jīng pī sì wú jì dàn
...The 20th round of sanctions against Russia targets several Chinese companies; Beijing condemns the move as brazen
对此,李浩表示,两千多年前,书刀体现的是古人“不惮改”的治学之心。
duì cǐ , lǐ hào biǎo shì , liǎng qiān duō nián qián , shū dāo tǐ xiàn de shì gǔ rén bù dàn gǎi de zhì xué zhī xīn .
In response, Li Hao noted that more than 2,000 years ago, the book knife embodied the ancient scholars’ commitment to scholarship, characterized by a willingness to revise their work.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 忄 (heart) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced dàn
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