弹 (tán): meaning and stroke order

弹 (tán) means to pluck (a string), to play (a string instrument), to spring or leap.

弹

Simplified: 弹
Traditional: 彈
Pinyin: tán · dàn

Stroke order of 弹

弹

dàn crossball; bullet
tán to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument)
11 strokes
Traditional form: 彈

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 弹

tán Traditional 彈
- to pluck (a string)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to spring or leap
- to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
- (of cotton) to fluff or tease
- to flick
- to flip
- to accuse
- to impeach
- elastic (of materials)
dàn Traditional 彈
- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball

Radical and structure

弹: Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 11 strokes · 弓 on the left, 单 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 弹

对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience

弹 in our stories

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白露准备了三个月，终于要在学校的音乐会上弹钢琴了。

Bái Lù zhǔnbèi le sān gè yuè zhōngyú yào zài xuéxiào de yīnyuèhuì shàng tán gāngqín le

After three months of preparation, Bai Lu was finally going to play the piano at the school concert.

From the story That last piece HSK 3
十二点一到，楼上果然传来了钢琴声，弹得很美，也有点儿伤心。

shí'èr diǎn yí dào lóushàng guǒrán chuánlái le gāngqín shēng tán de hěn měi yě yǒudiǎnr shāngxīn

As soon as it struck twelve, piano music did come from upstairs: beautiful, and a little sad.

From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4

Stories using 弹

That last piece HSK 3
The piano at midnight HSK 4

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).