宕

dàng
#4,218 most
frequent character
dissipated, put off

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

宕 puts 宀, a house, with 石 shí, stone, which also supplies the sound. It first meant a cave dwelling. From there it grew to pit, then unconventional. The sense 'to delay' was borrowed only for its sound, with no link to the dwelling.

Drawn as: house; stone

宕 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
菪

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Homophones

档dàng
pigeonhole, files, archives
当dàng
at or in the very same..., suitable
荡dàng
to wash, to squander, to sweep away
挡dàng
to arrange, to put in order

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