弹
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 弓 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 弹
- Common rank
- #362
- Unicode
- U+5F39
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 弹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中子弹 | neutron bomb | |
| 动弹不得 | to be unable to move a single step | |
| 有弹性 | flexible | |
| 子弹 | bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1] | |
| 弹子 | slingshot pellet; playing marbles; billiards; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] | |
| 弹子 | towrope | |
| 弹头 | warhead | |
| 化学弹药 | chemical ammunition | |
| 中弹 | to get hit by a bullet; to get shot | |
| 小弹 | bomblet (of cluster bomb) | |
| 弹性 | flexibility; elasticity | |
| 原子弹 | atomic bomb; A-bomb | |
| 生物弹药 | biological ammunition | |
| 动弹 | to budge | |
| 弹花 | to soften cotton fiber by fluffing | |
| 老调重弹 | to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal | |
| 弹性形变 | elastic deformation | |
| 弹力 | elasticity; elastic force; spring; rebound; bounce | |
| 弹出 | to eject; to exit from; to pop up | |
| 弹道 | trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 单 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单 sound part | single, individual, only; lone | |
| 蝉 | cicada; continuous | |
| 殚 | utmost, entirely, quite; to use up | |
| 阐 | to disclose; to explain; to open | |
| 郸 | a county in Hebei province | |
| 啴 | many; to pant | |
| 惮 | to fear, to dread; to dislike, to avoid | |
| 掸 | to dust; a duster | |
| 箪 | a small bamboo basket for rice | |
| 婵 | beautiful, graceful, lovely, pretty | |
| 瘅 | bitter hatred; drought | |
| 觯 | a horn of wine |