Chinese Character 胆 Meanings and components.

Form

胆

Meaning

胆 meaning[3] in English

Gall Bladder.

Courage.

Guts.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 胆 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and dawn (旦)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BAM

How to write 胆

To write胆dan3gall bladder you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 旦dan4dawn arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 旦 = 胆

胆 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 胆 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 胆, looks as follow:

胆
Pinyin:dan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Gall Bladder . Courage . Guts . Gall . Inner Container (E.G. Bladder Of A Football, Inner Container Of A Thermos)
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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