殚
entirely; to exhaust
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,485 U+6B9A
How 殚 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
歹 (semantic, “death”) + 单 (phonetic, dān)
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 |
| 弹 | tán | bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy |
| 蝉 | chán | cicada; continuous |
| 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 殚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殚精极虑 | dān jīng jí lǜ | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack … |
| 殚心 | dān xīn | to devote one's entire mind |
| 殚力 | dān lì | to strive; endeavor |
| 殚精竭虑 | dān jīng jié lǜ | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack … |
| 殚残 | dān cán | to destroy |
| 殚闷 | dān mèn | to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness |
| 殚竭 | dān jié | to use up; to exhaust |
| 阑殚 | lán dān | tired and exhausted |