dān

indulge in

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
耳 meaning component

  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

冘 sound component

  Sound component

yínyóu

  

to move on

Evolution

耽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
耽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
耽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dān

indulge in; be negligent; to indulge in; to delay

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dān

variant of [dān]

Most common words with 耽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

耽误

to delay

耽搁

to tarry

to delay

耽溺

to indulge in