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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
dān - to undertake
- to carry
- to shoulder
- to take responsibility
dàn - picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
- two buckets full
- carrying pole and its load
- classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 9,676 1,094 1,119

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
担心 3 4 277 - -
承担 5 4 2,984 1,743 4,007
负担 6 4 3,910 3,199 5,298
担任 5 4 5,992 2,073 9,154
担保 6 4 6,179 3,789 14,887
担忧 - 6 6,928 5,005 7,349
- 8 9,676 1,094 1,119
担架 - - 12,667 25,033 49,462
担当 - 8 13,012 9,379 7,584
分担 - 8 13,962 11,056 6,362
重担 - - 15,062 20,411 24,702
担惊受怕 - - 16,580 44,356 31,387
担子 - 9 18,846 19,200 25,211
担负 - 9 22,940 9,585 28,795
担待 - - 33,116 61,690 43,802
扁担 - - 66,515 32,421 36,682
担纲 - - 79,760 24,017 42,317