郸 (dān): (in 邯郸 / 郸城) used in place names

Meanings

邯郸是河北南部的古城。

Hán dān shì Héběi nánbù de gǔchéng.

Handan is an old city in southern Hebei.

郸城是河南的一个县。

Dān chéng shì Hénán de yíge xiàn.

Dancheng is a county in Henan province.

usage

郸 is purely a place-name character. It appears in 邯郸 (a city in Hebei) and 郸城 (a county in Henan), and is not used on its own.

radical

阝 yì

city; town

阝 on the right is the city radical 邑, marking 郸 as a place name.

phonetic

单 dān

single; alone

单 gives the exact sound dān and carries no meaning in 郸; it is purely the phonetic.

郸 dān