耽
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to indulge in; to delay
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耳 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 耽
- Common rank
- #3,657
- Unicode
- U+803D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
indulge in · Heisig RSH #2503
耳 ear + Frankenbowser Rex
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 耽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耽心 | variant of 擔心|担心[dan1 xin1] | |
| 耽美 | (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) | |
| 耽误 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 耽忧 | variant of 擔憂|担忧[dan1 you1] | |
| 耽溺 | to indulge in; to wallow in | |
| 耽搁 | to delay; to hold up; to tarry; to stay; to put off |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 冘 — compare how they read.