to indulge in / to delay

= + : Don Quixote (d) wanted to start exercising on a treadmill (冘) in front of the anthill (an1) quite a while ago, but instead he indulges (耽) in picking his ear (耳), delaying (耽) the start of his exercise significantly.
variant of 耽[dan1]

= + : Don Quixote (d) wanted to start exercising on a treadmill (冘) in front of the anthill (an1) quite a while ago, but instead he indulges (耽) in picking his ear (耳), delaying (耽) the start of his exercise significantly.

耽 character breakdown

to go forward / to advance

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a treadmill.

Maud Younger (y) and Sun Wukong (儿) are exercising together in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). They are running on treadmills (冘) and using cooking tops (冖) to fan themselves some air.
(bound form) mostly used in either 冘豫[you2 yu4] or 冘疑[you2 yi2]
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)

It ist what it looks like: an ear.

Characters with 耽 as component

耽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 耽

to delay / to hold up / to waste time / to interfere with
to tarry / to delay / to stop over
variant of 擔憂|担忧[dan1 you1]
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
to indulge in / to wallow in
(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)
variant of 擔心|担心[dan1 xin1]

Sentences with 耽

耽 currently does not appear in any sentence.