IDENTITY
胆dǎngall; courage
HSK 4Top 950
CORE MEANING
gall; courage
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.gall; courageHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 月flesh radical (ròu)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰月旦
- flesh; organ
- gives the sound dǎn
USAGE
Common words
大胆dàdǎnbold
胆小dǎnxiǎotimid
胆量dǎnliàngcourage
Graded examples
他胆子很小。Tā dǎnzi hěn xiǎo.HSK5
He is very timid.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 旦
LEARNING
Memory aid
The organ (月) that dawns (旦) with courage — the gall. (From 膽.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #950
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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