敢 gǎn▶ dám

Stroke order

敢 is written in 11 strokes.

• 敢

Senses

1. to dare
2. daring
3. (polite) may I venture

Example sentences

• 他不敢一个人去。Tā bù gǎn yí ge rén qù.He does not dare go alone.
• 你敢试试吗？Nǐ gǎn shìshi ma?Do you dare to try?

Related words

• 勇敢Dũng cảm, can đảm
• 不敢当Tôi thực sự không xứng đáng với điều này

敢 is pronounced gǎn and means “dám”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 敢 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.