袒 (taan2 | tan3) : stripped; partial to

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袒

taan2

tan3

[1] be stripped; bare; naked
[2] be partial to; shield; shelter

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

袒

This word has been viewed 2503 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Sep 2010 04:21

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偏袒 pin1 taan2 = favoritism, nepotism

袒露 taan2 lou6 tan3 lu4 = to expose; to uncover

袒護 taan2 wu6 tan3 hu4 = to give partial protection to; to unfairly shield; to give unprincipled protection to

袒胸露臂 taan2 hung1 lou6 bei3 tan3 xiong1 lu4 bi4 = (said of a woman) to expose one's neck and shoulders

袒裼裸裎 taan2 sik3 lo2 cing4 tan3 xi2 (TW)/ xi1 (PRC) luo3 cheng2 = to be stark naked

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Decimal representation of this word: 袒
Unicode code for this character: U+8892 (off-site link)

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