担
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to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,745 U+62C5
How 担 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 旦 (phonetic, dàn)
How to remember it
assume · Heisig RSH #596
fingers + 旦 daybreak
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 旦
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 旦 (dàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旦 sound component | dàn | dawn; morning; day |
| 量 | liáng | measure, volume; amount, quantity |
| 胆 | dǎn | gallbladder; gall, guts, courage |
| 坦 | tǎn | flat, level, smooth; candid, open |
| 但 | dàn | only; but, however, yet, still |
| 袒 | tǎn | to strip, to bare |
| 疸 | dǎn | jaundice; stomach disorder |
| 靼 | dá | the Tartars |
| 怛 | dá | grieving; worried |
| 亶 | dǎn | real, sincere, true; truth |
| 妲 | dá | concubine of the last Shang emperor |
| 笪 | dá | a coarse mat of rushes or bamboo |
| 钽 | tǎn | tantalum |
Words containing 担
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负担不起 | fù dān bu qǐ | cannot afford; cannot bear the burden |
| 资产担保证券 | zī chǎn dān bǎo zhèng quàn | asset-backed security; ABS |
| 担子 | dàn zi | carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility; CL:副[fu4] |
| 市担 | shì dàn | Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg) |
| 债务担保证券 | zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàn | collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond |
| 担心 | dān xīn | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious |
| 分担 | fēn dān | to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) |
| 公担 | gōng dàn | quintal (100 kg) |
| 重担 | zhòng dàn | heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility |
| 担架兵 | dān jià bīng | stretcher bearer (military) |
| 同担 | tóng dān | (slang) fan of the same character or idol as oneself |
| 担保 | dān bǎo | to guarantee; to vouch for |
| 担当 | dān dāng | to take upon oneself; to assume |
| 替古人担忧 | tì gǔ rén dān yōu | to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; crying o… |
| 牵羊担酒 | qiān yáng dān jiǔ | pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congr… |
| 担惊受怕 | dān jīng shòu pà | (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious |
| 担架床 | dān jià chuáng | stretcher |
| 担任 | dān rèn | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as |
| 担仔面 | dàn zǎi miàn | ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan |
| 担担面 | dàn dàn miàn | Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce |