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谭

Traditional (Taiwan): 譚

tán ㄊㄢˊ

    • surname Tan

Cantonese: taam4

Other words read tán

In the same tone

  • 谈 tán speak
  • 坛 tán altar
  • 弹 tán pluck
  • 痰 tán phlegm
  • 潭 tán deep pool
  • 澹 tán surname Tan
  • 檀 tán sandalwood
  • 昙 tán dark clouds
  • 倓 tán quiet
  • 覃 tán deep
  • 郯 tán surname Tan
  • 锬 tán long spear

All 19 words read tán

tan with other tones

  • 叹 tàn sigh
  • 探 tàn explore
  • 碳 tàn carbon
  • 滩 tān beach
  • 坦 tǎn flat
  • 贪 tān covet
  • 摊 tān spread out
  • 炭 tàn wood charcoal
  • 瘫 tān paralyzed
  • 宕 tàn used in 宕昌 tànchāng
  • 毯 tǎn blanket
  • 坍 tān collapse

All 42 words read tan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 谭

    部首 radical
    讠
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    讠覃
    形旁 meaning
    讠
    声旁 sound
    覃
    仓颉 Cangjie code
    戈女一田十 IVMWJ
    五笔 Wubi code
    YSJH
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    Easy to confuse with 谭

    • 潭 Similar shape and sound

      Both are read tán and share 覃. 谭 (tán) has 讠 (speech) and is an old form of 谈, now mostly a surname; 潭 (tán) has 氵 and means a deep pool, as in 泥潭.

    Words with 谭

    Starting with 谭

    • 谭嗣同 tánsìtóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
    • 谭震林 tánzhènlín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
    • 谭鑫培 tánxīnpéi Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor
    • 谭富英 tánfùyīng Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
    • 谭盾 tándùn Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
    • 谭咏麟 tányǒnglín Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor

    Ending with 谭

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