靼 (dá): (in 鞑靼) Tatar

Meanings

1 (in 鞑靼) Tatar
2 soft tanned leather

Characters

靼

dá

(in 鞑靼) Tatar; soft leather

Examples

鞑靼是北方草原重要的游牧民族。

Dádá shì běifāng cǎoyuán zhòngyào de yóumù mínzú.

The Tatars were a major nomadic people of the northern steppes.

历史上许多地名都记载了鞑靼部落。

Lìshǐ shàng xǔduō dìmíng dōu jìzǎi le Dádá bùluò.

Many place names in history record the Tatar tribes.

Tips

usage

Almost always in 鞑靼 (Tatar) — a transliteration of the name of the Mongol-related steppe peoples. Its literal sense, 'soft tanned leather', is rarely seen alone.

Components

radical

革 gé

leather; hide

Left 革 (treated leather), the indexing radical. The base meaning is soft tanned hide; the radical also fits the leatherworking, horse-riding steppe peoples it later named.

phonetic

旦 dàn

dawn; phonetic

Right 旦 supplies the sound (dàn drifting to dá). The same phonetic anchors 但 (but) and 担 (to carry).