Chinese symbol for “guts”
胆
dǎn
Traditional: 膽
gall bladder; courage; guts; gall
The closest CC-CEDICT match for guts is 胆 (dǎn), defined as: gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “guts”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大胆 (大膽) | dà dǎn | brazen; audacious |
| 胆子 (膽子) | dǎn zi | courage; nerve |
| 胆小 (膽小) | dǎn xiǎo | cowardice; timid |
| 胆敢 (膽敢) | dǎn gǎn | to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) |
| 胆量 (膽量) | dǎn liàng | courage; boldness |
| 胆固醇 (膽固醇) | dǎn gù chún | cholesterol |
See also: Japanese symbol for “guts”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.