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tán

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tán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tán | tan2
English translation
altar; arena; examination hall

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About tán

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

tán

Contains the radical

fǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of tán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

缶覃

Semantic compound

fǒu

Phonetic compound

tán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yún represents the sound. Simplified form of tán .

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Words with tán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
论坛 lùntán forum (for discussion)論壇
祭坛 jì tán altar祭壇
tán platform tán
政坛 zhèng tán political circles政壇
乐坛 yuè tán music circles樂壇
歌坛 gē tán singing stage歌壇
坛子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening)罈子
足坛 zú tán soccer circles足壇
花坛 Huā tán Huatan township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县 Zhāng huà xiàn [Zhāng​huà​xiàn], Taiwan花壇
影坛 yǐng tán moviedom影壇
体坛 tǐ tán sporting circles體壇
文坛 wén tán literary circles文壇
讲坛 jiǎng tán a platform (to speak)講壇
天坛 Tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)天壇
诗坛 shī tán poetry circles詩壇
画坛 huà tán painting world畫壇
金坛 Jīn tán Jintan county level city in Changzhou 常州 Cháng zhōu [Cháng​zhōu], Jiangsu金壇
地坛 Dì tán Temple of Earth (in Beijing)地壇
醋坛子 cù tán zi vinegar jar醋罈子

tán Decomposition & Compounds

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