惮
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dread; fear; dislike
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 憚
- Common rank
- #4,405
- Unicode
- U+60EE
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 惮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不惮 | (literary) unafraid | |
| 肆无忌惮 | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple | |
| 忌惮 | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 单 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单 sound part | single, individual, only; lone | |
| 弹 | bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy | |
| 蝉 | cicada; continuous | |
| 殚 | utmost, entirely, quite; to use up | |
| 阐 | to disclose; to explain; to open | |
| 郸 | a county in Hebei province | |
| 啴 | many; to pant | |
| 掸 | to dust; a duster | |
| 箪 | a small bamboo basket for rice | |
| 婵 | beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty | |
| 瘅 | bitter hatred; drought | |
| 觯 | a horn of wine |