袒
to bare
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,468 U+8892
How 袒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衤 (semantic, “clothes”) + 旦 (phonetic, dàn)
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 |
| 担 | dān | to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility |
| 但 | dàn | only; but, however, yet, still |
| 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 袒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不为左右袒 | bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn | to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom) |
| 肉袒 | ròu tǎn | to make a humble apology (formal writing) |
| 袒衣 | tǎn yī | to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing |
| 袒胸 | tǎn xiōng | to bare the breast |
| 左右袒 | zuǒ yòu tǎn | to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side |
| 袒护 | tǎn hù | to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side |
| 袒露 | tǎn lù | to expose; to bare |
| 露袒 | lù tǎn | exposed; uncovered; naked |
| 偏袒 | piān tǎn | to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of |
| 左袒 | zuǒ tǎn | to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side |
| 袒免 | tǎn miǎn | to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow |
| 右袒 | yòu tǎn | to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side |
| 裸袒 | luǒ tǎn | naked; bare |
| 膝袒 | xī tǎn | to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology) |
| 袒庇 | tǎn bì | to shield; to harbor; to cover up |
| 袒缚 | tǎn fù | to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind |
| 袒膊 | tǎn bó | to strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist |
| 袒裼 | tǎn xī | to bare the upper body |