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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 敢

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
敢 gǎn - to dare
- daring
- (polite) may I venture

List Ranking for: 敢

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 4 399 1,408 617

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰⿱? 耳 攵

Radical:

攵

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A hand with a stick 攵 striking a beast 耳

Other Words Containing 敢

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
敢 3 4 399 1,408 617
勇敢 4 4 1,828 4,040 1,760
竟敢 - - 8,040 25,022 22,387
胆敢 - - 9,569 26,247 34,128
敢于 - 5 12,629 6,332 5,802
敢死队 - - 18,279 40,132 29,676
敢情 - - 27,022 22,395 14,105
不敢当 6 7 33,726 37,272 30,392
果敢 - - 34,214 29,760 22,076
敢作敢为 - - 56,991 74,557 65,463
敢为人先 - - 73,133 53,581 61,715