憚 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
- On
- タン・タ
- Kun
- はばか.る
- Meaning
- to hesitate
Origin
Heart 忄 with 單 as phonetic: to hold back out of deference.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 忌憚きたん
reserve; holding back
- 憚るはばかる
to hesitate; to fear
Example
忌憚のない意見を聞かせてほしい。
I would like to hear your frank opinion.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)