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敢于 (gǎn yú): meaning and stroke order

敢于 (gǎn yú) means to have the courage to do sth, to dare to, bold in.

敢于

Simplified
敢于
Traditional
敢於
Pinyin
gǎn yú

Stroke order of 敢于

敢

  • gǎn to dare; daring
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

于

  • Yú surname Yu
  • yú to go; to take
  • yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 於

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 敢于

  1. gǎn yú Traditional 敢於
    • to have the courage to do sth
    • to dare to
    • bold in

Radicals of the characters

敢
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 12 strokes
于
Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 𬺰 below

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.

敢于 in our stories

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  • 古人以夸父为反面的例子，今天的人却更愿意把他看作一位敢于挑战命运的英雄。

    gǔrén yǐ Kuāfù wèi fǎnmiàn de lìzi jīntiān de rén què gèng yuànyì bǎ tā kànzuò yí wèi gǎnyú tiǎozhàn mìngyùn de yīngxióng

    People of old took Kuafu as a negative example; people today prefer to see him as a hero who dared to challenge fate.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 敢于

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).