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谭 tán

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谭 tán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tán | tan2
English translation
surname

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About 谭 tán

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

譚 tán

Contains the radical

讠 yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of 谭 tán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰讠覃

Semantic compound

讠 yán

Phonetic compound

覃 tán

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Example sentences using 谭 tán

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对于 duìyú 无家可归 wú jiā kě guī 的 de 人 rén 而言 ér yán ，私人 sīrén 医疗 yī liáo 纯粹 chúncuì 是 shì 天方夜谭 Tiān fāng Yè tán 。

For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.

Words with 谭 tán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
谭 tán surname Tan譚 tán
天方夜谭 Tiān fāng Yè tán The Arabian Nights (classic story)天方夜譚
谭咏麟 Tán Yǒng lín Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor譚詠麟
谭盾 Tán Dùn Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer譚盾
谭嗣同 Tán Sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898譚嗣同
谭震林 Tán Zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution譚震林
谭鑫培 Tán Xīn péi Tan Xinpei (1847-1917), noted opera actor譚鑫培
谭富英 Tán Fù yīng Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 sì dà xū shēng 譚富英

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