担

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to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 旦 sound ( dàn )

Components 扌旦

assume · Heisig RSH #596

fingers + 旦 daybreak

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
负担不起	fù dān bu qǐ	cannot afford; cannot bear the burden
资产担保证券	zī chǎn dān bǎo zhèng quàn	asset-backed security; ABS
担子	dàn zi	carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility; CL:副[fu4]
市担	shì dàn	Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg)
担心	dān xīn	anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
债务担保证券	zhài wù dān bǎo zhèng quàn	collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond
分担	fēn dān	to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
公担	gōng dàn	quintal (100 kg)
重担	zhòng dàn	heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
担架兵	dān jià bīng	stretcher bearer (military)
同担	tóng dān	(slang) fan of the same character or idol as oneself
担保	dān bǎo	to guarantee; to vouch for
担当	dān dāng	to take upon oneself; to assume
替古人担忧	tì gǔ rén dān yōu	to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily; crying o…
牵羊担酒	qiān yáng dān jiǔ	pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congr…
担惊受怕	dān jīng shòu pà	(idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
担架床	dān jià chuáng	stretcher
担任	dān rèn	to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
担仔面	dàn zǎi miàn	ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan
担担面	dàn dàn miàn	Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce

Characters sharing the sound component 旦 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
旦 sound part	dàn	dawn; morning; day
量	liáng	measure, volume; amount, quantity
胆	dǎn	gallbladder; gall, guts, courage
坦	tǎn	flat, level, smooth; candid, open
但	dàn	only; but, however, yet, still
袒	tǎn	to strip, to bare
疸	dǎn	jaundice; stomach disorder
靼	dá	the Tartars
怛	dá	grieving; worried
亶	dǎn	real, sincere, true; truth
妲	dá	concubine of the last Shang emperor
笪	dá	a coarse mat of rushes or bamboo
钽	tǎn	tantalum