宕
2 readings · tap one to hear it
dissipated; put off
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 宕
- Common rank
- #2,956
- Unicode
- U+5B95
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 宕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 流宕忘反 | to stray and forget to return | |
| 宕昌县 | Tanchang, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 宕机 | (of a computer, server etc) to crash | |
| 推宕 | to postpone; to delay; to put sth off | |
| 宕昌 | see 宕昌縣|宕昌县[Tan4 chang1 Xian4] | |
| 偏宕 | extremely (stubborn, contrary, disobedient etc) | |
| 延宕 | to postpone; to keep putting sth off | |
| 拖宕 | to delay; to postpone | |
| 跌宕 | uninhibited; free and unconstrained; rhythmical | |
| 跌宕昭彰 | flowing (of prose); free | |
| 逸宕 | dissolute |
Sound family
These characters use 宕 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宕 sound part | quarry; cave dwelling; to put someone off | |
| 菪 | henbane, nightshade |