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敢
gǎn
1. to dare
2. daring
3. (polite) may I venture
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

敢
gǎn
bold, brave; to dare, to venture
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

岂敢
qǐgǎn
how could one dare?
勇敢
yǒnggǎn
brave
HSK 4
敢情
gǎnqing
actually
敢于
gǎnyú
to have the courage to do sth
敢为
gǎnwéi
to dare to do
敢达
Gǎndá
Gundam, Japanese animation franchise
果敢
guǒgǎn
courageous
竟敢
jìnggǎn
to have the impertinence
胆敢
dǎngǎn
to dare (negative connotation)
不敢当
bùgǎndāng
lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise
HSK 6
石敢当
shígǎndāng
stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
敢死队
gǎnsǐduì
suicide squad
敢打敢冲
gǎndǎgǎnchōng
courageous and daring
未敢苟同
wèigǎngǒutóng
can't agree with
敢不从命
gǎnbùcóngmìng
to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
敢作敢当
gǎnzuògǎndāng
variant of [[敢做敢當|敢做敢当<gǎnzuògǎndāng>]]
敢做敢当
gǎnzuògǎndāng
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it
敢为人先
gǎnwéirénxiān
to dare to be first
愧不敢当
kuìbùgǎndāng
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.
敢作敢为
gǎnzuògǎnwéi
to stop at nothing (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
794
Word Frequency Rank
843 of 84,292

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