胆 dǎn the gall; the nerve; courage

Made up of [月 yuè moon; month radical 74, 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day-break ]
Alternative traditional form of character: 膽

Note

The moon radical is really in this case 'meat', 'dan' is phonetic
Number of strokes: 9

Related characters

Also uses 月 yuè component: 服 fú (clothes) 肝 gān (liver) 胡 hú (beard) 湖 hú (lake) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 明 míng (bright) 能 néng (to be able to) 朋 péng (friend) 朋 péng (friend) 期 qī (phase) 前 qián (front) 青 qīng (green) 散 sàn (to scatter) 胜 shèng (victory) 隋 suí (Sui) 阴 yīn (yin) 有 yǒu (have) 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Also uses 旦 dàn component: 但 dàn (but) 担 dān (to undertake)

Different tone

担 dān (to undertake) 单 dān (bill) 诞 dàn (birth) 旦 dàn (dawn) 但 dàn (but)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

闻风丧胆 wén fēng sàng dǎn Panic stricken; terrified by news

Also

胆 dǎn gall bladder

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