懂中文 Dong Chinese

撣

dǎn

to dust

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

單 sound component

單  Sound component

dān, shàn

  

single

Evolution

撣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
撣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
撣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掸 (撣) 

dǎn

to dust; a duster; to brush away; to dust off; brush; duster; CL:把[bǎ]

Most common words with 撣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

掸

brush

掸子

duster