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tān

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tān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tān | tan1
English translation
paralysis, palsy, numbness

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About tān

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Number of strokes

24

Traditional form

tān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of tān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒難

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

nán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and nán represents the sound. Simplified form of tān .

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Words with tān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
瘫痪 tānhuàn paralysis癱瘓
tān paralyzed tān
脑瘫 nǎo tān cerebral palsy腦癱
面瘫 miàn tān facial nerve paralysis面癱
偏瘫 piān tān hemiplegia偏癱
瘫软 tān ruǎn limp癱軟
截瘫 jié tān paraplegia截癱
瘫子 tān zi paralyzed person癱子
风瘫 fēng tān paralysis風癱
疯瘫 fēng tān paralysis瘋癱

tān Decomposition & Compounds

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