敢 — Chinese character

敢

gǎn

bold, brave; to dare, to venture

Pinyin: gǎn
Radical: 66 ⽁ (Rap)
Strokes: 12
Components: 耳攵
Formation: ideographic — A hand with a stick 攵 striking a beast 耳
Japanese: 敢 as a kanji

Common words with 敢

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
勇敢	yǒng gǎn	brave; courageous
敢于 (敢於)	gǎn yú	to have the courage to do sth; to dare to
胆敢 (膽敢)	dǎn gǎn	to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
竟敢	jìng gǎn	to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to
果敢	guǒ gǎn	courageous; resolute and daring
敢死队 (敢死隊)	gǎn sǐ duì	suicide squad; kamikaze unit
敢情	gǎn qing	actually; as it turns out
敢言	gǎn yán	to be bold enough to speak out
不敢当 (不敢當)	bù gǎn dāng	lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
岂敢 (豈敢)	qǐ gǎn	how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise
不敢苟同	bù gǎn gǒu tóng	to beg to differ (idiom)
敢作敢为 (敢作敢為)	gǎn zuò gǎn wéi	(idiom) to stop at nothing; to dare to do anything

English words written with 敢

敢 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 10 · Analects 23 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 46 · Zhuangzi 66 · Doctrine of the Mean 4

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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