(dàn)

egg

How 蛋 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
— bolt of cloth
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

  • bolt of cloth
  • insect

Common words using 蛋

彩蛋 cǎidàn
Easter egg; colored egg; painted eggshell
蛋糕 dàngāo
cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
雞蛋 jīdàn
(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
壞蛋 huàidàn
bad egg; scoundrel; bastard
完蛋 wándàn
fallen from power; destroyed; finished
搗蛋 dǎodàn
to cause trouble; to stir up trouble
操蛋 càodàn
damn it!; fuck! (vulgar); Satan (loan)
混蛋 húndàn
scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum
滾蛋 gǔndàn
get out of here!; beat it!
炒蛋 chǎodàn
scrambled eggs
王八蛋 wángbādàn
bastard (insult); son of a bitch
皮蛋 pídàn
thousand-year old eggs; preserved eggs

蛋 in a sentence

早餐吃一顆蛋很有營養。

Zǎocān chī yì kē dàn hěn yǒu yíngyǎng.

“Eating an egg for breakfast is very nutritious.”

How common is 蛋?

蛋 is the 1,385th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 蛋

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