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diàn

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diàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diàn | dian4
English translation
marsh, swamp; sediment; to precipitate

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About diàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

diàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of diàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵殿

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

殿 diàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and dìng represents the sound. Simplified form of diàn .

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Words with diàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
淀粉 diàn fěn starch澱粉
沉淀 chéndiàn to settle沉澱
海淀区 Hǎi diàn qū Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué [Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村 Zhōng guān cūn [Zhōng​guān​cūn]海澱區
积淀 jī diàn deposits accumulated over long periods積澱
沉淀物 chén diàn wù precipitate沉澱物
淀粉酶 diàn fěn méi amylase澱粉酶
海淀 Hǎi diàn Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué [Qīng​huá​dà​xué] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村 Zhōng guān cūn [Zhōng​guān​cūn]海澱
diàn sediment diàn
白洋淀 Bái yáng diàn Lake Baiyangdian白洋澱
淀山湖 Diàn shān Hú Dianshan Lake between Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province澱山湖
海淀图书城 Hǎi diàn Tú shū chéng Haidian Book City, Beijing bookstore海澱圖書城

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