担 (dān): meaning and stroke order
担 (dān) means to undertake, to carry, to shoulder, to take responsibility, picul (100 catties, 50 kg).
担
- Simplified
- 担
- Traditional
- 擔
- Pinyin
- dān · dàn
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Stroke order of 担
担
- dān to undertake; to carry
- dàn picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 擔
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Meaning of 担
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dān
Traditional 擔
- to undertake
- to carry
- to shoulder
- to take responsibility
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dàn
Traditional 擔
- picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
- two buckets full
- carrying pole and its load
- classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
Radical and structure
- 担
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 8 strokes · 扌 on the left, 旦 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 担
- 承担 chéng dān to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- 担心 dān xīn anxious; worried
- 负担 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).