敢
gǎnTraditional: 敢
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Translation
to dare
Word origin
An old compound whose form depicts a hand seizing something boldly. It conveys the courage to act.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- depicts a hand seizing boldly
Stroke order
敢
Examples
？
Do you dare?
。
He dares not speak.
。
I dare say he will come.
。
No one dares to oppose her.
？
How dare you do this?
敢 (gǎn) means to dare. It usually sits before another verb, as in 敢说 to dare to say.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 敢.
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