distressed / alarmed / shocked / grieved

怛 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.
dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A big mug, since many people start the day with a mug of coffee.

Don Quixote (d) meets the sun (日) early in the morning (旦) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Don Quixote is full of energy and can't wait to start into a new adventure, but since the sun is a morning grouch who only just started drinking her mug of coffee (mnemonic symbol for 旦) she cannot stand it and beats him over the head with a flute (一) to calm him a bit down.

Characters with 怛 as component

怛 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 怛

see 惻隱之心|恻隐之心[ce4 yin3 zhi1 xin1]
Battle of Talas (751), military engagement in the valley of the Talas River 塔拉斯河[Ta3 la1 si1 He2], in which Arab forces defeated Tang armies, marking the end of Tang westward expansion
grieved / distressed

Sentences with 怛

怛 currently does not appear in any sentence.