彈 (dàn)
Bullet; bomb; ball
How 彈 is written
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 弓 — bow
- Traditional
- 彈
- Simplified
- 弹
彈 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- dàn
- crossball; bullet; shot; shell
- tán
- to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
Common words using 彈
- 反彈 fǎntán
- to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang
- 子彈 zǐdàn
- bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1]
- 彈力 tánlì
- elasticity; elastic force; spring
- 彈性 tánxìng
- flexibility; elasticity
- 炸彈 zhàdàn
- bomb; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 中彈 zhòngdàn
- hit by a bullet; shot
- 催淚彈 cuīlèidàn
- tear bomb; tear-gas grenade
- 動彈 dòngtan
- to budge
- 動彈不得 dòngtanbudé
- to be unable to move a single step
- 原子彈 yuánzǐdàn
- atom bomb; atomic bomb; A-bomb
- 實彈 shídàn
- live ammunition
- 導彈 dǎodàn
- guided missile; cruise missile; missile
彈 in a sentence
警察發現了一顆炸彈。
Jǐngchá fāxiàn le yì kē zhàdàn.
“The police found a bomb.”
How common is 彈?
彈 is the 631st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 80.7% of all running text.
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