敢 (gǎn): meaning and stroke order
敢 (gǎn) means to dare, daring, (polite) may I venture.
敢
- Simplified
- 敢
- Traditional
- 敢 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gǎn
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Stroke order of 敢
敢
- gǎn to dare; daring
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 敢
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gǎn
- to dare
- daring
- (polite) may I venture
Radical and structure
- 敢
- Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 12 strokes
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Words with 敢
- 勇敢 yǒng gǎn brave; courageous
- 敢于 gǎn yú to have the courage to do sth; to dare to
敢 in our stories
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很多同学说自己听到过，可是谁也不敢进去看。
hěn duō tóngxué shuō zìjǐ tīngdào guò kěshì shéi yě bù gǎn jìnqu kàn
Many students said they had heard it, but nobody dared to go in and look.
From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4
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教室里不敢说话的孩子，在操场上喊得比谁都响。
jiàoshì lǐ bù gǎn shuōhuà de háizi zài cāochǎng shàng hǎn de bǐ shéi dōu xiǎng
The children who wouldn't speak in the classroom shouted louder than anyone on the court.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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名字的最后，有一行小字：“荒年，官府禁止私放粮食，然人命关天，不敢见死不救。记此，勿让子孙忘。”
míngzi de zuìhòu yǒu yì háng xiǎozì huāngnián guānfǔ jìnzhǐ sī fàng liángshi rán rénmìng guān tiān bù gǎn jiàn sǐ bú jiù jì cǐ wù ràng zǐsūn wàng
After the names came a line in small script: "Famine year. The authorities forbid private grain relief, yet human life is at stake; I dare not stand by and let people die. I record this so my descendants will not forget."
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 敢
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).