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憚 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「忄」
On
タン・タたん・た · tan · ta
Kun
はばか.るhabaka.ru
Meaning
to hesitate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Heart 忄 with 單 as phonetic: to hold back out of deference.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 忌憚きたん

    reserve; holding back

  • 憚るはばかる

    to hesitate; to fear

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

忌憚(きたん)のない意見(いけん)を聞(き)かせてほしい。

I would like to hear your frank opinion.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

忌憚憚忌abhor忖to sur…忻to rej…忸ashame…忤to go…忱sincer…朶a bran…佗lonely岔a fork…怛grieve…沱stream…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 忄Map of reading タンAll maps

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