弹
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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)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #362 U+5F39
How 弹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
弓 (semantic, “bow”) + 单 (phonetic, dān)
How to remember it
bullet · Heisig RSH #1019
弓 bow + 单 list
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 单
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 单 (dān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单 sound component | dān | single, individual, only; lone |
| 蝉 | chán | cicada; continuous |
| 殚 | dān | utmost, entirely, quite; to use up |
| 阐 | chǎn | to disclose; to explain; to open |
| 郸 | dān | a county in Hebei province |
| 啴 | tān | many; to pant |
| 惮 | dàn | to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid |
| 掸 | dǎn | to dust; a duster |
| 箪 | dān | a small bamboo basket for rice |
| 婵 | chán | beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty |
| 瘅 | dān | bitter hatred; drought |
| 觯 | zhì | a horn of wine |
Words containing 弹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中子弹 | zhōng zǐ dàn | neutron bomb |
| 动弹不得 | dòng tan bu dé | to be unable to move a single step |
| 有弹性 | yǒu tán xìng | flexible |
| 子弹 | zǐ dàn | bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1] |
| 弹子 | dàn zi | slingshot pellet; playing marbles; billiards; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 弹子 | tán zi | towrope |
| 弹头 | dàn tóu | warhead |
| 化学弹药 | huà xué dàn yào | chemical ammunition |
| 中弹 | zhòng dàn | to get hit by a bullet; to get shot |
| 小弹 | xiǎo dàn | bomblet (of cluster bomb) |
| 弹性 | tán xìng | flexibility; elasticity |
| 原子弹 | yuán zǐ dàn | atomic bomb; A-bomb |
| 生物弹药 | shēng wù dàn yào | biological ammunition |
| 动弹 | dòng tan | to budge |
| 弹花 | tán huā | to soften cotton fiber by fluffing |
| 老调重弹 | lǎo diào chóng tán | to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal |
| 弹性形变 | tán xìng xíng biàn | elastic deformation |
| 弹力 | tán lì | elasticity; elastic force; spring; rebound; bounce |
| 弹出 | tán chū | to eject; to exit from; to pop up |
| 弹道 | dàn dào | trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve |