袒 (tǎn) — pinyin, meaning & stroke order

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衤 meaning “clothes” + 旦 sound ( dàn )

Components 衤旦

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不为左右袒	bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn	to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
肉袒	ròu tǎn	to make a humble apology (formal writing)
袒衣	tǎn yī	to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing
袒胸	tǎn xiōng	to bare the breast
左右袒	zuǒ yòu tǎn	to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
袒护	tǎn hù	to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side
袒露	tǎn lù	to expose; to bare
露袒	lù tǎn	exposed; uncovered; naked
偏袒	piān tǎn	to bare one shoulder; (fig.) to side with; to discriminate in favor of
左袒	zuǒ tǎn	to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
袒免	tǎn miǎn	to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
右袒	yòu tǎn	to take sides with; to be partial to; to be biased; to favor one side
裸袒	luǒ tǎn	naked; bare
膝袒	xī tǎn	to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
袒庇	tǎn bì	to shield; to harbor; to cover up
袒缚	tǎn fù	to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
袒膊	tǎn bó	to strip to the waist; to be bare to the waist
袒裼	tǎn xī	to bare the upper body

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
担	dān	to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility
但	dàn	only; but, however, yet, still
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

Easy to mix up — compare them side by side.

Same sound tǎn

Same radical 衣