胆 dǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 旦 dawn
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胆小
dǎnxiǎo
timid; cowardly
Characters in this word
小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他很胆小。 Tā hěn dǎnxiǎo. He is very timid.
- 胆小别看。 Dǎnxiǎo bié kàn. If you are timid, do not look.
- 她有点胆小。 Tā yǒudiǎn dǎnxiǎo. She is a little timid.