dǎn

gall bladder

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

旦 sound component

  Sound component

dàn

  

dawn

Evolution

胆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胆 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
胆 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

dǎn

gall bladder; bravery, courage; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)

Most common words with 胆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大胆

brazen

guts

胆小鬼

coward

胆子

courage

胆量

courage