Dong Chinese dictionary

dàn

dread

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

單 Sound component

dān, shàn

single

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dàn

dread, shrink from, shirk, fear; dread; fear; dislike

Most common words with 憚

Sources