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担 — to undertake; to carry

to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility

Pinyin
dàn · dān
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — dàn, dān — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 担: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

担 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 担

Words with 担 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 担心dānxīnanxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxiousHSK 3
  2. 承担chéngdānto undertake; to assumeHSK 5
  3. 担任dānrènto hold a governmental office or postHSK 5
  4. 负担fùdānto bear; burdenHSK 5
  5. 担忧dānyōuto worry; to be concernedHSK 6
  6. 担dānpicul; two buckets full; carrying pole and its loadHSK 7–9
  7. 担保dānbǎoto guarantee; to vouch forHSK 7–9
  8. 担当dāndāngto take upon oneself; to assumeHSK 7–9
  9. 担负dānfùto shoulder; to bear; to undertakeHSK 7–9
  10. 担dànpicul; two buckets full; carrying pole and its loadHSK 7–9
  11. 担子dànzicarrying pole and the loads on it; burden; taskHSK 7–9
  12. 分担fēndānto shareHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.