箪 Stroke Order — How to Write 箪

Stroke Order

箪 is written in 14 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical ⺮, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

箪 Radical and Character Components

Components:⺮单

箪 is a phono-semantic compound: ⺮ (bamboo) carries the meaning, while 单 indicates the sound.

Radical: ⺮ + 8 more strokes

箪 Pronunciation and Pinyin

dān

Meanings of 箪 in Chinese

dān箪

An ancient round bamboo container for holding food.

他虽然生活清贫，箪食瓢饮，却乐在其中，怡然自得。

Although his life is humble, with just a bamboo basket of food and a gourd of water, he finds joy in it and is perfectly content.

Common Words and Phrases with 箪

dān箪sì食

Food (cooked rice) in a bamboo basket; often refers to providing food, especially to soldiers or the common people.

他甘于箪食瓢饮的生活，专注于学术研究。

He was content with a life of simple meals and drinks, focusing on his academic research.

dān箪sì食hú壶jiāng浆

Welcome soldiers with food and drink (offered by the people).

志愿者们为山村的孩子们送去温暖，得到了当地村民的箪食壶浆般的热情款待。

The volunteers brought warmth to the children in the mountain village and received enthusiastic hospitality from the local villagers, as if they were welcomed with baskets of food and pots of drink.

dān箪sì食piáo瓢yǐn饮

Living simply on a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink; often refers to a contented simple life despite poverty, or just a very frugal and poor existence.